Residential Property (Exemption — Transfers of HDB Shophouses) Notification 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 24 Jan 2000

No. S 32

Residential Property Act

(Chapter 274)

Residential Property (Exemption — Transfers of HDB Shophouses) Notification 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(1) of the Residential Property Act, the Minister for Law hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Residential Property (Exemption — Transfers of HDB Shophouses) Notification 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2000.

Definition

2. For the purposes of this Notification, “HDB shophouse” means a flat that —

(a)

is or has been sold or leased by the Housing and Development Board under section 24 of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129); and

(b)

is comprised in a building —

(i)	of not more than 6 levels including the ground level and any level below the ground;
(ii)	which is approved by the competent authority under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) for use as a dwelling-house and as a shop or other commercial establishment; and
(iii)	which is not subdivided into 2 or more strata units.

Exemption

3. A foreign person shall be exempted from the provisions of the Act in respect of any transfer of a HDB shophouse to him.

Made this 21st day of January 2000.

GOH KIM LEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 06/011/031; LDAU A27G V1; AG/LEG/SL/274/97/1 Vol. 1]

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