Contracts of minors who have attained 18 years of age
35.—(1)  Except as otherwise provided by this section or by any other written law, as from the appointed day, a contract entered into by a minor who has attained the age of 18 years shall have effect as if he were of full age.
(2)  Where a minor has, on the appointed day, already attained the age of 18 years, subsection (1) shall apply to him and to contracts entered into by him on and after that day.
(3)  Subsection (1) shall not affect or alter —
(a)a minor’s lack of capacity to enter into contracts arising from reasons other than because of his age; or
(b)the application of any provision in any other written law stipulating a requirement as to the attainment of a particular age for the purposes of that written law.
(4)  The following contracts, if entered into by a minor who has attained the age of 18 years, shall not, by virtue of subsection (1), have effect as if he were of full age:
(a)any contract for the sale, purchase, mortgage, assignment or settlement of any land, other than a contract for a lease of land not exceeding 3 years;
(b)any contract for a lease of land for more than 3 years;
(c)any contract whereby the minor’s beneficial interest under a trust is sold or otherwise transferred to another person, or pledged as a collateral for any purpose; and
(d)any contract for the settlement of —
(i)any legal proceedings or action in respect of which the minor is, pursuant to any written law, considered to be a person under disability on account of his age; or
(ii)any claim from which any such legal proceedings or action may arise.
(5)  Subsection (1) does not entitle —
(a)a trustee to pay money or deliver property to a minor who has attained the age of 18 years otherwise than in accordance with the terms of the trust; or
(b)a minor who has attained the age of 18 years to enter into a contract whereby a trust is extinguished or the terms of a trust are varied, and any such contract entered into by the minor shall not, by virtue of that subsection, have effect as if the minor were of full age.
(6)  Nothing in this section shall apply to or affect any contract that was made before the appointed day, and the law in force immediately before that day shall continue to apply in relation to such a contract as if this section had not been enacted.
(7)  Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the rule of law whereby a minor is not liable in tort for procuring a contract by means of fraudulent representations as to his own age or any other matter.
(8)  In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 6 of the Civil Law (Amendment) Act 2009.
[7/2009 wef 01/03/2009]