Singapore Statutes Online - 269 - Registration of Deeds Act

Registration of Deeds Act
(CHAPTER 269)

1 Short title

2 Interpretation

3 Appointment of Registrar, etc.

4 All instruments affecting land may be registered

5 Mode of registration

6 Memorandum of lien or charge

7 Registration complete on compliance with conditions precedent within 6 months of provisional registration

8 Caveats

9 Persons to present documents for registration

10 Powers of attorney for purposes of section 9

11 Inquiry before registration

12 Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired

13 Conditions precedent to registration

14 Priority of instruments

15 Tacking of further advances

16 Rights of purchasers to relief to be same as those of persons through whom they claim

17 Registration

18 Title searches

19 Official searches

20 Record of official searches

21 Certified copies

22 Print-outs of information stored

23 Protection of solicitors, trustees, etc., in case of certificates, etc.

24 Rectification of register by Court

25 Act not to extend to certain leaseholds

26 Penalty for wilful misconduct by Registrar

27 Offences and penalties

28 Fees

29 Rules

30 Service of notices

31 Transitional provision

Legislative History

Record of official searches

20.

—(1) Where any official search has been made under this Act, a record of the result of the search shall be preserved at the Registry.

(2) The Registrar shall give a certificate of that result to any person requiring it and shall sign the certificate and endorse it with his seal, and every certificate so signed and sealed shall be receivable in evidence.