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No. S 30

Land Titles Act

(CHAPTER 157)

Land Titles
(Amendment) Rules 2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 172(1) of the Land Titles Act, the Singapore Land Authority, with the approval of Minister for Law, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2012.

Amendment of rule 8

2. Rule 8(5) of the Land Titles Rules (R 1) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the words “section 170” and substituting the words “section 172”.

New rule 15A

3. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 15, the following rule:

“Dispensation with proof of due execution of instrument

15A. For the purposes of section 57(3)(d) of the Act, the Registrar may dispense with proof of due execution of an instrument intended for registration under the Act for any of the following purposes:

(a)	the notification of any charge under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36);
(b)	the notification of any application for an order for a collective sale made under Part VA of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158), or any application to cancel such notification;
(c)	the registration of any order of court or order of a Strata Titles Board, as the case may be, made pursuant to an application for an order for a collective sale made under Part VA of the Land Titles (Strata) Act.”.

Amendment of rule 38

4. Rule 38 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “, or by their respective solicitors on their behalf”; and

(b)

by renumbering the rule as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) Every application referred to in paragraph (1), and every application to withdraw or cancel any such registration of a writ of execution or an order of court, shall be signed by the applicant or his solicitor.”.

Amendment of rule 41

5. Rule 41 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “section 140(4)” and substituting the words “section 140(5)”.

New sub-headings to Part V and new rules 42 and 42A

6. Part V of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after rule 41, the following sub-headings and rules:

“Charges under Central Provident Fund Act

Notification of charge under Central Provident Fund Act

42. Every notification of a charge under the Central Provident Fund Act shall be signed by the chargee or his solicitor.

Collective Sales under Land Titles (Strata) Act

Notification of application for collective sale made under Land Titles (Strata) Act

42A.—(1) Every notification of an application for an order for a collective sale made under Part VA of the Land Titles (Strata) Act, and every application to cancel any such notification, shall be signed by the authorised representatives referred to in section 84A(2) of that Act or their solicitor.

(2) An application for the registration of any order of court or order of a Strata Titles Board, as the case may be, made pursuant to an application for an order for a collective sale made under Part VA of the Land Titles (Strata) Act shall be signed by the authorised representatives referred to in section 84A(2) of that Act or their solicitor.”.

[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; S 150/2005; S 162/2005; S 256/2005; S 662/2007; S 383/2008; S 347/2010]

Made this 27th day of January 2012.

CHALY MAH CHEE KHEONG

Chairman,
Singapore Land Authority.

[SLA/CF/6.5.69-V2; AG/LLRD/SL/157/2010/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 172(3) of the Land Titles Act).