Singapore legislation
Clause 84
Clause 84
Discharge of a mortgage, etc., notified on land-register
(1)
No instrument in respect of any future dealing with a mortgage to which this Division applies (including a reconveyance and a conveyance of the mortgagee’s estate or a sub-mortgage), or pursuant to such a mortgage, shall be registered under the Registration of Deeds Act except in respect of any dealing which has been executed by any party to the relevant instrument prior to the commencement of this Act.
(2)
Where the Registrar of Deeds has inadvertently accepted for registration any instrument for any dealing completed after the commencement of this Act, the Registrar of Deeds may cancel the registration of the instrument after having given 21 day’s notice to the person who presented the instrument for registration unless in the case of any provisional registration of the instrument, the person has agreed to withdraw the instrument from registration.