No. S 150
Land Titles Act
(Chapter 157)
Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 2005
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 172(1) of the Land Titles Act, the Singapore Land Authority, with the approval of the Minister for Law, hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2005.
Deletion and substitution of rule 54
2.  Rule 54 of the Land Titles Rules (R 1) is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:
Fees
54.—(1)  The fees specified in the Schedule shall be payable to the Registrar in respect of the matters set out in the first column thereof as follows:
(a)where any lodgment or request for a matter is received by the Registrar before 1st August 2005, the appropriate fee specified in the second column of the Schedule shall apply; and
(b)where any lodgment or request for a matter is received by the Registrar on or after 1st August 2005, the appropriate fee specified in the third column of the Schedule shall apply.
(2)  The fees specified in the Schedule are inclusive of goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A) on the matters in respect of which the fees are payable.”.
Deletion and substitution of Schedule
3.  The Schedule to the Land Titles Rules is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
THE SCHEDULE
Rules 45, 54 and 55
Fees
First column
 
Second column
 
Third column
 
Matter
 
Lodgment or request received before 1st August 2005
 
Lodgment or request received on or after 1st August 2005
1. Issuing a certificate of title pursuant to alienation of land by the State or creation of a new folio
 
$70
 
$70
2. Application for the creation of new folios (new certificates of title)
 
$75.30
 
$78.30
3. Application for a replacement certificate of title under section 43 of the Act, including investigation fee and the fee for issuing the certificate of title, but excluding the cost of publication of notice under section 43(4) of the Act
 
$107.30
 
$110.30
4. Registration or notification of each of the following instruments:
 
$65.30
 
$68.30
(a) transfer
 
 
 
 
(b) mortgage or sub-mortgage
 
 
 
 
(c) charge
 
 
 
 
(d) postponement
 
 
 
 
(e) lease or sub-lease
 
 
 
 
(f) grant or release of an easement
 
 
 
 
(g) restriction
 
 
 
 
(h) statutory obligation or acquisition
 
 
 
 
(i) declaration relating to manner of holding by co-tenants
 
 
 
 
(j) transmission to personal representatives or Official Assignee upon the death or bankruptcy of a proprietor, or a person other than personal representatives
 
 
 
 
(k) entitlement to an interest upon death of a joint tenant or a life tenant or upon defeasance of the interest of the proprietor
 
 
 
 
(l) writ or summons
 
 
 
 
(m) order of court
 
 
 
 
(n) cancellation of registration of an instrument referred to in paragraph (l) or (m)
 
 
 
 
(o) application to cancel a caution relating to title under section 26 of the Act
 
 
 
 
(p) cancellation of registration of an easement consequent upon extinguishment by union of tenements, or on expiry by effluxion of time, or on the happening of an event, or upon proof of abandonment
 
 
 
 
5.—(1) Registration of an instrument of transfer or vesting relating to the transfer or vesting of mortgages or charges pursuant to any merger, amalgamation or acquisition of banks, or other financial institutions, under the Banking Act (Cap. 19), the Companies Act (Cap. 50) or any other written law, subject to a maximum of 50 folios or leases per instrument
 
$65.30
 
$68.30
(2) For each instrument in paragraph (1) which contains more than 5 folios or leases, for each additional folio or lease after the 5th folio or lease
 
$4 per folio or lease
 
$4 per folio or lease
6.—(1) Application to notify the lapsing of a caution relating to title under section 25(4) of the Act
 
$42.30
 
$45.30
(2) Application under section 42 (2) (d) or (e) of the Act to dispense with production of a duplicate instrument of title, including investigation fee but excluding the cost of publication of such notice as may be required by the Registrar under section 42(3) of the Act
 
$42.30
 
$45.30
(3) Registration of an instrument of discharge or partial discharge of mortgage or charge, satisfaction of charge, or surrender of lease
 
$42.30
 
$45.30
(4) Notification of determination of lease on the happening of an event, re-entry or on surrender by operation of law or in any other lawful manner, pursuant to application made
 
$42.30
 
$45.30
(5) Application for correction of or notification of change of name
 
$42.30
 
$45.30
(6) Filing of a memorandum of lease or mortgage or a variation thereto
 
$42.30
 
$45.30
(7) Application, filing, registration or notification of each instrument or document relating to any certificate of title accepted by the Registrar, for which a fee is not herein prescribed and which is not exempted by rule 57, including examination fee
 
$42.30
 
$45.30
7. Explaining the meaning of the certificate of correctness under section 59 of the Act and verifying the identity and capacity of the person executing the certificate, including the attestation thereof
 
$35.65
 
$35.65
8. Lodgment of a caveat or extension of a caveat (including cost of sending notice to caveatee) or an application to notify a Central Provident Fund charge
 
$61.45
 
$64.45
9. Withdrawal or partial withdrawal of a caveat or a discharge or partial discharge of a Central Provident Fund charge
 
$46.15
 
$49.15
10. Lodgment of a statutory declaration by a caveatee under section 127 of the Act, including perusal by the Registrar of all related documents filed, giving of notice to the caveatee, and attending to caveator and caveatee or their solicitors before giving his decision
 
$260.25
 
$263.25
11. Requesting the Registrar to set forth in writing the grounds of his refusal under section 152(1) of the Act
 
$254.85
 
$254.85
12. Registration of the following instruments relating to flats or units sold under the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129):
 
$35.30
 
$38.30
(a) instruments specified in item 4 (a) to (k)
 
 
 
 
(b) instruments specified in item 6 (3)
 
 
 
 
13. Registration of instruments relating to market or food stalls (whether sold by the Housing and Development Board or other Government authority)
 
$35.30
 
$38.30
14. Searching of the land-register, including inspection of the current instruments registered
 
$2 per person per day
 
$2 per person per day
15. Application for an official search of the land-register or of any interest registered or notified thereon, and for each certificate of an official search provided
 
$51.25
 
$54.25
16. For each final official search
 
$66.55
 
$69.55
17.—(1) Supply of a copy, reproduced by any means, of any of the following documents available for public search:
 
$1 per page or part thereof
 
$1 per page or part thereof
(a) certificate of title available for manual search
 
 
 
 
(b) computerised certificate of title available for manual search
 
 
 
 
(c) index of easement plans deposited with the Registry
 
 
 
 
(d) strata title plan and contents thereof
 
 
 
 
(e) approved plan attached to a certificate of title or to an instrument with lots delineated thereon where the copy of the plan is not required to be coloured
 
 
 
 
(2) Supply of a copy, reproduced by any means, of any instrument or document (not listed in paragraph (1)) available for public search
 
$4.20 per instrument or document
 
$4.20 per instrument or document
(3) Supply of a copy, reproduced by any means, of an approved plan attached to a certificate of title or to an instrument with lots delineated thereon where the plan is required to be coloured
 
$8.40 per page or part thereof
 
$8.40 per page or part thereof
18. Certification of a copy of any of the documents listed in —
 
$3.15 per page or part thereof
 
$3.15 per page or part thereof
(a) item 17 (1) and (2) (including cost of supplying the copy); or
 
 
 
 
(b) item 17 (3) (excluding cost of supplying the copy)
 
 
 
 
19. For each search in electronic form —
 
 
 
 
(a) for viewing, or for each printout of, the Caveat Index
 
$8.40
 
$8.40
(b) for each printout of —
 
 
 
 
(i) a folio of the land-register
 
$15.75
 
$15.75
(ii) details of the estate and land in a folio of the land-register
 
$4.70
 
$4.70
(iii) details of the proprietor in a folio of the land-register
 
$5.80
 
$5.80
(iv) other details of the property in a folio of the land-register
 
$11.05
 
$11.05
(c) for each printout giving details of a pending instrument
 
$7.90
 
$7.90
(d) for each printout giving details of a registered instrument
 
$7.90
 
$7.90
(e) for each printout giving details of a management corporation
 
$5.80
 
$5.80
(f) for each Lot Base System printout of —
 
 
 
 
(i) the current information on a lot
 
$5.80
 
$5.80
(ii) the derivation, sub-division, amalgamation and other particulars of a lot including indices to lands and caveats
 
$5.80
 
$5.80
(g) for each printout giving the history of the instruments shown on and lodged against the certificate of title after it was computerised
 
$11.55
 
$11.55
(h) for each printout of a folio of the land-register with additional information from the Commissioner of Lands
 
$15.75
 
$15.75
(i) for each printout giving details of land and ownership information
 
$5.25
 
$5.25
(j) for certification of a printout referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g) (excluding cost of printout)
 
$2.10 per page or part thereof
 
$2.10 per page or part thereof
20. Additional fee payable under rule 55(1)(b)(ii) when the Registrar receives the certificate of title, duplicate instrument of title or other supporting document that the Registrar requires for the registration or notification of an instrument not in order
 
$35
 
$38
21.—(1) Registration of application for vesting of space adding item (commercial)
 
$80.85
 
$80.85
(2) Registration of application of vesting of space adding item (residential)
 
$77
 
$77
22. Supply of an updated computerised certificate of title
 
$20.40
 
$20.40.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 571/99; S 56/2000; S 163/2000; S 146/2001; S 600/2001; S 368/2002; S 428/2002; S 502/2002; S 276/2003; S 426/2004]

Made this 18th day of March 2005.

LIEW HENG SAN
Chairman,
Singapore Land Authority.
[LAW 02/005/1.1 Vol. 5; AG/LEG/SL/157/2003/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 172(3) of the Land Titles Act).