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Singapore Statutes Online - 157
- Land Titles Act
ContentsLand Titles Act(CHAPTER 157)Long TitlePart I PRELIMINARY1 Short title2 Division into Parts3 Reconciliation with existing laws4 InterpretationPart II ESTABLISHMENT OF LAND TITLES REGISTRY5 Appointment of Registrar, Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars and other officers6 Seal of office7 General powers of RegistrarPart III INITIAL REGISTRATION OF TITLESDivision 1  Bringing land under the Act on alienation8 Alienation by State9 Surrender of title to land freed and discharged from subsisting mortgage10 Surrender of title to land subject to subsisting mortgage, statutory charge or caveat11 Surrender of title to unregistered land with subsisting caveat12 Restriction on registration of assurance, caveat or instrument pending issue of fresh title13 Collector to furnish Registrar with particulars of land upon issue of fresh title14 Power of Registrar of Deeds to refuse registration of assurances15 Application of section 816 Registrar to make an entry on folio as to conclusiveness of boundaries, etc.17 Priority of interests protected by caveats, mortgages and statutory charges registered or notified on land-register18 Collector may refuse to accept surrender of title to land for reissue of titleDivision 2  Applications and schemes to bring land under this Act19 Bringing lands under this Act20 Primary applications21 Unregistered land may be brought under this Act at instance of Registrar or on registration of conveyance22 Land may be brought under this Act upon subdivision23 In whose name title to issue24 Mortgages and leases24A Leases of flats erected on unregistered landDivision 3  Qualified titles and caveats25 Cautions and lapsing of cautions26 Cancellation of cautions27 Prior encumbrances to be notified on folioPart IV REGISTRATION28 Land-register29 Folios of land-register30 New folios of land-register31 Covenants restricting subdivision of land in State titles not to apply to registered land32 Creation of new folios of land-register on application of mortgagee or chargee33 Contingent interests34 Certificates of title35 Delivery of certificates of title, etc., after registration36 Land-register as evidence37 Registration and priority of instruments38 Restrictions on Registrar’s powers of registration39 Proprietors under disability40 Corporations41 Death of party42 Entries on instruments of title43 Replacement certificates of title44 Disposal of antecedent documents of title following creation of folioPart V EFFECT OF REGISTRATIONDivision 1  Indefeasibility and priority45 Instruments ineffectual until registered46 Estate of proprietor paramount47 Exoneration from effect of notice48 Priority determined by order of registration49 Priority of unregistered interestsDivision 2  No title by adverse possession50 No title by adverse possessionPart VI INSTRUMENTS51 Approved forms51A Lodgment of instrument in electronic form52 Registration of mortgage, charge or lease53 Manner of holding by co-owners54 Description of land54A Obtaining of lot or strata lot number55 Memorandum of prior encumbrances56 Proprietor must execute instrument57 Attestation and proof of execution58 Execution of instruments by corporations59 Certificate of correctness60 Address for service of notices60A Service of notices, etc.61 Instruments to take effect as deeds62 Covenants in instruments: Words of succession impliedPart VII TRANSFERS63 Form and effect of transfers64 Transfers of land subject to mortgage or charge65 Estates for life and in remainder66 Merger of contract in transfer67 Merger of registered interestsPart VIII MORTGAGES AND CHARGESDivision I  Mortgages of registered land68 Form and effect of mortgages and charges69 Application of Conveyancing and Law of Property Act70 Standard covenants and conditions applicable to mortgages71 Submortgages72 Custody of instruments of title73 Transfers made in exercise of power of sale74 Application of proceeds of sale75 Entry into possession76 Foreclosure of mortgages77 Right to discharge78 Discharge of mortgages and charges79 Satisfaction of charges80 Tacking of further advancesDivision 2  Common law mortgages notified on on land-register81 Application of this Division82 Application of sections 71 to 75 and 78 to 8083 Mortgagee to execute transfer84 Discharge of a mortgage, etc., notified on land-register85 Foreclosure of mortgages notified on land-registerPart IX LEASES86 Application of this Part87 Form and registration of leases88 Options for renewal and for purchase89 Leases of mortgaged land90 Covenants against assigning and subletting91 Surrender of leases92 Determination of leases93 Implied powers of lessorsPart X EASEMENTS94 Interpretation of this Part95 Licences not to be registered96 Easements for installations97 Registration necessary for creation of easements98 Implied easements for passage of water, electricity, drainage, gas and sewerage for development99 Implied easements for right of way and other rights shown in subdivision plan100 Extinguishment by union of tenements101 Easements to pass on transfer without express mention102 Contribution to repairs103 Grant of right of way104 Party walls105 Release of easements106 Cancellation of easementsPart XI TRANSMISSIONS107 Transmission on death of proprietors in severalty108 Dealings without transmission109 Full number of personal representatives required110 Transmission on bankruptcy111 Caveats by Official Assignee112 Bankruptcy: Effect of disclaimer, discharge and annulment113 Effect of transmission114 Notice of death or defeasancePart XII CAVEATS115 Caveats may be lodged115A Controller of Residential Property may lodge caveat116 Provisional notification of caveats117 Notification of caveats118 Caveats lodged before initial registration119 Effect of caveats120 Effect of lodgment of an instrument affecting interest claimed in a caveat121 Lapsing of caveats122 Extension of caveats123 Service of notices on caveator124 Order for security, etc.125 Notifications for lapsing, cancellation or extension of caveats126 Withdrawal of caveats127 Remedies of caveatee128 Compensation payable for wrongfully lodging caveats, etc.129 Registration of dealings in land130 Right to injunction not affectedPart XIII WRITS AND ORDERS OF COURT131 Interpretation of this Part132 Writs and orders not binding unless registered133 Dealings by judgment debtors134 Lapsing of writs135 Land sold in pursuance of writs136 Withdrawal and satisfaction of writs and orders137 Vesting ordersPart XIV RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS138 Interpretation of this Part139 Notification of restrictions140 Release and variation of restrictions141 Duration of restrictionsPart XV STATUTORY ACQUISITION AND SALE142 Statutory obligations143 Compulsory acquisition of registered land144 Sale of land for revenue or rates145 Statutory vesting not elsewhere provided forPart XVI POWERS OF ATTORNEY146 Interpretation of this Part147 Registration of instruments executed by attorneys148 Exoneration of purchasers149 General attorneys150 Investigation and registration feesPart XVII CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES151 Assurance fund152 Registrar may be summoned for refusal to register instruments, etc.153 Registrar may state a case154 Actions for recovery of land155 Actions for recovery of damages156 Procedure in actions against assurance fund157 Protection of bona fide purchasers and Registrar158 Limitation of actions for damages159 Correction of errors in land-register160 Rectification of land-register by courtPart XVIII SEARCHES AND CERTIFIED COPIES161 Searches by public162 Official searches163 Priority affected by final official searches164 Certified copies: Value as evidencePart XIX MISCELLANEOUS165 Subdivision of registered land166 Trusts167 Exoneration of Registrar168 Fees and accounts169 Offences and penalties170 Composition of offences171 Fees to be paid to Authority172 Rules173 Saving of rights174 Savings175 Validation of extensions of caveats lodged under repealed Act176 Transitional provisions
Part iLegislative HistoryComparative Table Related Subsidiary Legislation |
Act27 of 1993
1994 RevEd 01/04/1998
AmendedAct 10 of 2003
2004 RevEd 31/03/2005
AmendedAct 37 of 2004
AmendedAct 35 of 2010
MISCELLANEOUSSubdivision of registered land165.—(1) Except as provided in this section, the Registrar shall not register any instrument affecting part of the land in a folio until he is satisfied that the boundaries and dimensions of part of the land in a folio described in an instrument are in accordance with the final boundaries and dimensions shown in the plan lodged with and approved by the Chief Surveyor under the Boundaries and Survey Maps Act (Cap. 25).[37/2004 wef 31/03/2005 wef 31/03/2005](2) Where the Registrar has created a new folio pursuant to a registration of part of the land which is not conclusive as to boundaries and dimensions, he shall enter thereon a caution to that effect, and he shall cancel that caution when the boundaries and dimensions have been shown on the plan lodged with and approved by the Chief Surveyor.(3) No compensation shall be paid out of the assurance fund for any loss caused or occasioned by any inaccuracy of the boundaries and dimensions shown on a folio which bears a caution as is provided in subsection (2).(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the entry of a caveat, nor the registration of —
(a)an easement;
(b)a mortgage or charge; or
(c)any other instrument or class of instruments which may from time to time be prescribed. [25/2001]Trusts166.—(1) A person named in an instrument as acquiring registered land in a fiduciary capacity may be described in that capacity and the instrument may disclose brief particulars of the trust relating to the consideration paid and for providing that the person named assumes liability only to the extent of an estate or interest of which he is a trustee.(2) The Registrar shall not enter particulars of the trust except that he may describe the person having fiduciary capacity as a trustee in a folio or the relevant instrument but the description of a person as trustee in the folio or the instrument shall not affect the operation of section 47.(3) Subject to the provisions of any caveat affecting the land, a registered proprietor who is a trustee shall hold the estate or interest of which he is a registered proprietor on trust for the persons and purposes to which it is applicable by virtue of the instrument creating the trust.(4) Any purchaser dealing with the registered land which is held in a fiduciary capacity shall not be concerned to enquire whether a dealing of that land is within the powers of the registered proprietor and the purchaser is entitled to assume that the registered proprietor has all the powers of disposition of a beneficial owner and as the absolute proprietor of the estate or interest in question.Exoneration of Registrar167.—(1) Where by any Act or instrument or by law any person is exonerated from inquiring as to any matter or fact relating to a title to, or to a power of dealing with, land, or is protected from the effect of notice of any such matter or fact, then, in registering any instrument relating to that land, the Registrar is not concerned to make any inquiry or search in relation to that land which that person need not have made, nor is the Registrar affected by any notice with which that person need not have been affected.(2) No action or claim shall be brought against the Authority, the Registrar or against the assurance fund in respect of a deprivation or loss arising out of any matter into which the Registrar is exonerated from inquiring. [17/2001]Fees and accounts168. The Registrar shall be responsible for collecting such fees as are by this Act directed to be paid, and for accounting for them to the Authority, or as otherwise directed by such rules. [17/2001]Offences and penalties169.—(1) Any person who —
(a)fraudulently procures, assists in fraudulently procuring, or is privy to the fraudulent procuring of any certificate of title or other instrument, or of any entry in the land-register, or any alteration or erasure of, or addition to, any entry in the land-register, or in any instrument or form issued by the Registrar;
(b)fraudulently uses, assists in fraudulently using, or is privy to the fraudulent using of any instrument or form purporting to be issued or authorised by the Registrar;
(c)knowingly misleads or deceives any person authorised by this Act to demand explanation or information with respect to any land, or the title to any land, which is the subject of a primary application or with respect to which any instrument is proposed to be registered or notified; or
(d)fraudulently removes from the Land Titles Registry any part of the land-register or any instrument issued by the Registrar, or causes any defacement, obliteration, mutilation, or unauthorised entry or alteration to be made thereto,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.(2) No proceeding or conviction for any act made punishable by subsection (1) shall affect any remedy which any person aggrieved or injured by that act may be entitled to against the person who committed the act or against his estate.Composition of offences170.—(1) The Registrar or any person authorised by him in writing may, in his discretion, compound any offence under this Act which is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $2,000. [17/2001](2) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules to prescribe the offences which may be compounded. [17/2001](3) On payment of such sum, no further proceedings shall be taken against that person in respect of the offence. [17/2001](4) All sums collected under this section shall be paid into the funds of the Authority. [169A[17/2001]Fees to be paid to Authority171. All fees collected by the Registrar or the Land Titles Registry for any matter or thing done therein under this Act shall be paid into the funds of the Authority. [170A[17/2001]Rules172.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority, with the approval of the Minister, may make rules not inconsistent with this Act prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, the Authority, with the approval of the Minister, may make rules —
(a)prescribing standard covenants and conditions for mortgages limited to the rights and obligations over the mortgaged property; and
(b)prescribing the fees to be taken in the Land Titles Registry for any matter or thing done therein under this or any other Act (including any fees that may be required to be borne by solicitors themselves relating to additional work done by the Registry in relation to instruments lodged and rejected and fresh instruments or amended instruments lodged after such date of rejection), and when and by whom such fees may be dispensed with or remitted. [17/2001](2) The Authority may make rules regulating the practice of the Land Titles Registry in relation to matters arising under this Act. [17/2001](3) All rules made under this Act shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette. [170Saving of rights173. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that nothing in this Act shall affect the rights conferred on the Public Utilities Board by section 6 of and the Second Schedule to the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261) and by section 4 of the Sewerage and Drainage Act (Cap. 294) and the Commissioner of Building Control by sections 27, 28, 29 and 32 of the Street Works Act (Cap. 320A). [171[26/95; 10/99; 25/2001]Savings174.—(1) A reference in this Act to land brought under the provisions of this Act shall include a reference to land which has been brought under the provisions of the repealed Land Titles Act (Cap. 157, 1985 Ed.* ) (referred to in this Part as the repealed Act).* The Land Titles Act (Cap. 157, 1985 Ed.) was repealed by the Land Titles Act 1993 (Act 27 of 1993) with effect from 1st March 1994.(2) Any register, instrument, index or other document maintained under the repealed Act shall be continued to be maintained under the corresponding provision of this Act.(3) In so far as any entry in a register or instrument was made or other thing whatsoever was done under any provision of the repealed Act, that entry or thing shall have effect as if made or done under the corresponding provision of this Act.(4) A reference to a caveat in this Act shall include a reference to a caveat lodged and notified in a folio or the Caveat Index under the provisions of the repealed Act.(5) Any caveat lodged under the repealed Act may, unless it has lapsed or been removed or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Act before 1st March 1994, be extended in accordance with the provisions of this Act.(6) Any application, instrument or caveat lodged for registration under the provisions of the repealed Act before 1st March 1994 and whose registration was not completed before that date shall, where applicable, be deemed to be an application, instrument or caveat lodged for registration under a corresponding provision of this Act.(7) Where at any time before 1st March 1994 a person —
(a)was in adverse possession of any registered land; and
(b)has lodged an application for a possessory title to the land under the provisions of the repealed Act and the application has not been withdrawn but is on that date pending in the Land Titles Registry,the application shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Act in force immediately before that date.(8) Where at any time before 1st March 1994 a person —
(a)was in adverse possession of any registered land; and (b)was entitled to lodge an application for a possessory title to the land under the provisions of the repealed Act which were in force immediately before that date,he may, within 6 months of that date make an application to court for an order to vest the title in him or lodge an application for a possessory title to the land and the application shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Act in force immediately before that date.(9) Section 87 shall not prevent the registration of leases for a term not exceeding 7 years which were executed before 1st March 1994 and any such lease may be registered under the provisions of the repealed Act as if those provisions were never repealed.(10) A person who, immediately before 1st March 1994, held office as the Registrar of Titles, Deputy Registrar of Titles or Assistant Registrar of Titles shall continue to hold such office as if he had been appointed under section 5.(11) Any written law or other document referring to the repealed Act shall, as far as may be necessary for preserving its effect, be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to this Act.(12) Except as expressly provided in this section, nothing in this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) (which relates to the effect of repeals). [172Validation of extensions of caveats lodged under repealed Act175.—(1) Where at any time before 1st March 1994 a caveat was notified on a folio or the Caveat Index under the provisions of Part XI of the repealed Act and an extension of caveat was notified on the folio or Caveat Index in respect of the same matter dealt with by the caveat notwithstanding that the repealed Act did not provide for caveats to be extended, the caveat shall not lapse until —
(a)the expiration of a period of 5 years commencing from the date of the lodgment of the extension of caveat which was accepted and notified on the folio or Caveat Index; or
(b)where more than one extension of caveat has been lodged and notified on the folio or Caveat Index before the expiry of each 5-year period from the date of the lodgment of the last extension of caveat which was accepted and notified on the folio or Caveat Index, the expiration of a period of 5 years from the date of the lodgment of the last extension of caveat which was accepted and notified on the folio or Caveat Index.(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a caveat where an order has been made by a court before 1st March 1994 in respect of the validity or priority of the caveat. [173Transitional provisions176. The amendment to section 47 made by section 15 of the Land Titles (Amendment) Act 2001 (Act 25 of 2001) shall not affect any person who dealt with a proprietor or who was entitled to be a proprietor under any contract or any other instrument evidencing the dealing in land that is dated before 20th August 2001. [25/2001]