No. S 158
Land Titles Act
Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 1996
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 170 of the Land Titles Act, the Minister for Law hereby makes the following Rules:
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1996.
2.  The Schedule to the Land Titles Rules (R 1) is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
THE SCHEDULE
Rules 54 and 55
 
Fees
 
$
1.Issuing a certificate of title including investigation of title and survey upon bringing unregistered land under the provisions of the Act
100.
2.Issuing a certificate of title pursuant to alienation of land by the State or creation of a new folio
70.
3.Application for the creation of new folios (new certificates of title)
70.
4.Application to cancel a caution relating to title under section 26 of the Act
65.
5.Application to notify the lapsing of a caution relating to title under section 25(4) of the Act
30.
6.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
30.
7.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
100.
8.Registration or notification of the following instruments:
 
transfer
 
mortgage
 
sub-mortgage
 
charge
 
postponement
 
lease
 
grant or release of an easement
 
restriction
 
statutory obligation or acquisition
 
declaration relating to manner of holding by co-tenants
 
transmission to personal representatives or Official Assignee upon the death or bankruptcy of a proprietor, or of person other than personal representatives
 
entitlement to an interest upon death of a joint tenant or a life tenant or upon defeasance of the interest of the proprietor
 
writ or summons
 
order of court
 
cancellation of registration of an instrument referred to in paragraph (m) or (n)
55.
9.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
55.
10.Registration of an instrument of discharge or partial discharge of mortgage or charge, satisfaction of charge, or surrender of lease
30.
11.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
30.
12.Application for correction of or notification of change of name
35.
13.Filing of a memorandum of lease or mortgage or a variation thereto
35.
14.Lodgment of a caveat or extension of a caveat (including cost of sending notice to caveatee by registered post) or an application to notify a Central Provident Fund charge
55.
15.Withdrawal or partial withdrawal of a caveat or a discharge or partial discharge of a Central Provident Fund charge
30.
16.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
150.
17.Requesting the Registrar to set forth in writing the grounds of his refusal under section 152(1) of the Act
150.
18.Explaining the meaning of the certificate of correctness under section 59 of the Act to the person divesting or acquiring title and verifying his identity and capacity including the attestation of the execution of such a certificate
30.
19.Registration of the following instruments relating to flats or units sold under the Housing and Development Act (Chapter 129):
 
instruments specified in item 8(a) to (j)
30.
instruments specified in item 8(k) and (l) —
 
before 1st January 1997
20.
on or after 1st January 1997
30.
instruments specified in item 10 —
 
before 1st January 1997
15.
on or after 1st January 1997
30.
20.Registration of instruments relating to market or food stalls (whether sold by the Housing and Development Board or other Government authority)
30.
21.Application, filing, registration or notification of an 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, for each document (including examination fee)
35.
22.For searching of the land-register, including inspection of the current instruments registered
2 per person per day.
23.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
25.
24.For each final official search
35.
25.For certification of a photographic copy of any instrument or document (including cost of supplying photographic copy)
3 per page or part thereof.
26.For supplying a photographic or other copy reproduced by any copying machine, including a microprint of any instrument or document
1 per page or part thereof.
27.For supplying a photographic copy, certified true copy or other copy reproduced by any copying machine, of an approved plan attached to a certificate of title or to an instrument with lots delineated thereon
8 for each copy.
28.Fee for each search in electronic form:
 
to view or per printout of the Caveat Index
7.
printout of —
 
a folio of the land-register
13.
details of the estate and land in a folio of the land-register
3.50.
details of the proprietor in a folio of the land-register
4.50.
other details of a folio of the land-register
10.
printout giving details of a pending instrument
6.50.
printout giving details of a registered instrument
6.50.
printout giving details of a power of attorney
3.50.
printout giving details of a strata title plan
4.50.
Lot Base System printout of —
 
the current information on a lot
4.50.
the derivation, sub-division, amalgamation and other particulars of a lot including indices to lands and caveats
4.50.
certification of a printout for items (a) to (g) (excluding cost of printout)
2 per page or part thereof.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 280/95; S 498/95]
Made this 4th day of April 1996.
GOH KIM LEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.
[LTR 18/70 Vol. 8; AG/SL/25/93 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 170(2) of the Land Titles Act).