Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5A · Collective Sale of Property
84FB. Collective sale by all subsidiary proprietors who own registered leasehold tenure of at least 850 years or other tenure
Feedback & supportThis section applies where there are subsisting leases registered under the Land Titles Act 1993 of all or some of the lots in a strata title plan for a leasehold tenure of 850 years or more or for such other tenure as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.
Where the subsidiary proprietors of all the lots in the strata title plan to which this section applies agree in writing under a sale and purchase agreement to sell all their lots and common property to a purchaser (whether in cash or kind or both), they must serve a notice on the subsidiary proprietor in reversion of the leasehold estate and every mortgagee, chargee or other person with an estate or interest in land and whose interest is notified on the land-register at least 21 days before the date of the first transfer of any such lot informing them of the transfer under subsection (4).
subsidiary proprietor
“subsidiary proprietor” means —(a)the registered subsidiary proprietor for the time being of the entire estate in a lot including an estate for life, an estate in remainder or an estate in reversion; and(b)in relation to a lot where a lease has been granted, the registered subsidiary proprietor for the time being of a leasehold interest in a lot described in an instrument of lease whose unexpired term is not less than 21 years as from the date of lodgment of the instrument of lease for registration with the Registrar including such a lease registered prior to 1 December 1987;
Notice under subsection (2) must be given by —
advertising the proposed sale in such local newspapers in the 4 official languages as approved by the Registrar;
serving the notice on the subsidiary proprietor in reversion of the leasehold estate and every mortgagee, chargee or other person with an estate or interest in land and whose interest is notified on the land-register by registered post; and
affixing a copy of the notice in the 4 official languages to a conspicuous part of each building in the development.
The subsidiary proprietor in reversion of the leasehold estate mentioned in subsection (2) is deemed to have transferred that subsidiary proprietor’s estate and interest in the lots to the purchaser without consideration upon the registration by the Registrar of the transfers of all the lots in the strata title plan and the Registrar must enter a notification of the vesting of the land in the purchaser on the land-register.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed under the Land Titles Act 1993;
A notice sent by registered post under this section to the subsidiary proprietor in reversion of the leasehold estate, that subsidiary proprietor’s mortgagee, chargee or other person with an estate or interest in land and whose interest is notified on the land‑register at its last registered address in the case of a company registered under the Companies Act 1967 or otherwise at its last recorded address at the Land Titles Registry is deemed to be duly served on the person to whom it is addressed 2 days after the day on which the notice was posted, despite the fact that the letter may be returned by the post office as undelivered.
company
“company” includes —(a)any body of persons incorporated in or outside Singapore; and(b)an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may hold property in the name of the society, association or other body or in the name of its trustees, secretary or other officer duly appointed for that purpose;
When the transfers of the lots to which this section applies are lodged for registration with the Registrar, the solicitors acting for the subsidiary proprietors of the lots must certify in such form as the Registrar may determine that the provisions of this section have been complied with, and the certificate in favour of the purchaser and the Registrar is conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.
Section 84FA(12), (13), (15) and (17) applies, with the necessary modifications, to all the lots in a strata title plan to which this section applies.
strata title plan
“strata title plan” means a plan of registered land which —(a)is described in the title or heading thereto as a strata title plan;(b)shows the whole or any part of the land comprised therein as being divided into 2 or more strata, whether or not any stratum is divided into 2 or more lots; and(c)contains the particulars prescribed under the Boundaries and Survey Maps Act 1998,and includes a strata title plan for redevelopment of any lot in a strata title plan registered under this Act;