by an executor, administrator, trustee, liquidator, receiver, trustee or assignee of a bankrupt for the purposes of or in connection with the performance of his functions as such;
(b)
by a solicitor, in the course of practising his profession, or by any person employed by him and acting in furtherance of that course, in introducing to the client, third persons who wish to acquire or dispose of a property (whether for remuneration or otherwise), if the solicitor and any person employed by him do not perform any other work that falls within the definition of “estate agency work” in section 3;
(c)
by an appraiser within the meaning of the Appraisers Act (Cap. 16) when valuing or appraising property;
(d)
by any person in connection with a mortgage or other charge on property, whether done as regards its creation, transfer, assignment or otherwise;
(e)
in connection with the publication of advertisements or the dissemination of information by any person who does no other work which falls within the definition of “estate agency work” in section 3;
(f)
by any person as the vendor or purchaser, or where there is more than one vendor or purchaser, a vendor or purchaser of a property in connection with —
(i)
where the person is the vendor or a vendor of the property, the disposition of the property; or
(ii)
where the person is the purchaser or a purchaser of the property, the acquisition of the property;
(g)
by any person in connection with a property pursuant to instructions received by him in the course of his employment, in so far as such thing would have been within the scope of paragraph (f) if done by his employer;
(h)
by any person in relation to a present, prospective or former employee of his or of any person by whom he also is employed if the thing is done by reason of the employment (whether past, present or future); and
(i)
by the Government or by any body that is established or constituted by or under a public Act for a public function when acting on behalf of the Government or exercising a public function.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) —
(a)
a reference to a property within the meaning of this section shall include a reference to a property which comprises a specified number of undivided shares in any area of land situated in Singapore together with a right to the exclusive possession of a unit or other interest in a development of that area of land where —
(i)
the development of that area of land has been or is to be undertaken by the vendor or, where there is more than one vendor, the vendors of the property as owner of that area of land (whether with other companies or not), or by other company or companies for the vendor or the vendors, as the case may be, pursuant to an agreement, however described, entered into by the vendor or the vendors, as the case may be (whether with other companies or not) for the development of that area of land; and
(ii)
no assignment or other instrument, other than that in favour of the vendor, or where there is more than one vendor, the vendors of the property, has been executed by way of completion of the sale and purchase of the property as such; and
(b)
a reference to a development agreement within the meaning of this subsection, in relation to a property, shall be a reference to an agreement, however described, entered into for the development of the area of land referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to that property.