3A. Residential property held by former citizens and permanent residents

Terms defined in s 2

• approved purchaser

  approved purchaser

  Defined · s 2

  “approved purchaser” means —(a)a Singapore company;(b)a Singapore limited liability partnership;(c)a Singapore society;(d)a foreign person to whom approval has been granted under section 25, 30 or 31;(e)any person, company, limited liability partnership, society, association or other organisation or body who or which has been exempted by the Minister under section 32; or(f)any body, corporate or otherwise, declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be a public authority or an instrumentality or agency of the Government;

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• Authority

  Authority

  Defined · s 2

  “Authority” means the Singapore Land Authority established under the Singapore Land Authority Act 2001;

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• citizen

  citizen

  Defined · s 2

  “citizen” or “citizen of Singapore” means any person who, under the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, has the status of a citizen of Singapore;

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• citizen of Singapore

  citizen of Singapore

  Defined · s 2

  “citizen” or “citizen of Singapore” means any person who, under the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, has the status of a citizen of Singapore;

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• Controller

  Controller

  Defined · s 2

  “Controller” means the Controller of Residential Property and includes a Deputy and an Assistant Controller of Residential Property appointed under section 29;

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• land

  land

  Defined · s 2

  “land” has the meaning given by the Land Titles Act 1993;

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• Minister

  Minister

  Defined · s 2

  “Minister” means the Minister for Law;

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• non‑restricted residential property

  non‑restricted residential property

  Defined · s 2

  “non‑restricted residential property” means any residential property described in section 4(1) but not in section 4(2);

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• notice to attach and sell

  notice to attach and sell

  Defined · s 2

  “notice to attach and sell” means any notice issued by the Minister under section 3(6), 3A(3), 4(8), 5(7), 9(11), 22(3), 27(3) or 32(2A) directing the Controller to attach and sell in accordance with this Act such estate or interest in such residential property or land as is specified in the notice;

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• owner

  owner

  Defined · s 2

  “owner”, in relation to any residential property, means a person other than the mortgagee or chargee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the freehold of any residential property whether in possession or reversion, or who holds under a leasehold or is entitled to the rents and profits of the residential property;

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• permanent resident

  permanent resident

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  “permanent resident” means any person who is not subject to any restriction as to his or her period of residence in Singapore imposed under the provisions of any written law relating to immigration for the time being in force, and includes any person resident in Singapore who is deemed by the Committee, in its discretion, in the circumstances of any particular case to be a permanent resident for the purposes of this Act;

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• residential property

  residential property

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  “residential property” includes —(a)any vacant land upon which no building or other structure exists or any land upon which exists any building or other structure which is constructed or used contrary to any written law;(b)any house, building or other premises or any part thereof which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law as a dwelling house or which is lawfully so used;(c)any land zoned for residential purposes in the Master Plan; and(d)such other land or building, in whatever manner zoned in the Master Plan, as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be residential property for the purposes of this Act,but does not include —(e)any land, whether or not vacant, which is zoned for industrial or commercial purposes or both such purposes in the Master Plan or which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law solely for industrial or commercial purposes or both such purposes;(f)any house, building or other premises, or any part thereof, which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law solely for industrial or commercial purposes or both such purposes or which is lawfully so used;(g)any hotel registered under the provisions of the Hotels Act 1954; and(h)such other land or building, in whatever manner zoned in the Master Plan, as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be industrial, commercial or non‑residential property for the purposes of this Act;

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