On 26/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 26/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 26/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 08/06/2005.
6. The Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act (Cap. 130, 1985 Ed.) is amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (c) of the definition of “housing developer” in section 2;
(b)
by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (d) of the definition of “housing developer” in section 2 and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
“(e)
limited liability partnership,”;
(c)
by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “licensed housing developer” in section 2 and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:
“ “limited liability partnership” and “limited liability partnership agreement” have the same meanings as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005);
“manager”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005.”;
(d)
by deleting subsections (2) and (3) of section 4 and substituting the following subsections:
“(2) A housing developer that desires to carry out or undertake housing development in Singapore may apply to the Controller in the prescribed form for a licence and shall supply —
(a)
if a company, a copy of the memorandum of association and articles of association or other instrument under which the company is incorporated;
(b)
if a group of persons or a partnership, a copy of any agreement between those persons or the partnership agreement, as the case may be;
(c)
if a society, the rules or by-laws of the society;
(d)
if a limited liability partnership, a copy of its limited liability partnership agreement or, in the absence of such agreement in writing, any other document which sets out the mutual rights and duties of the partners of the limited liability partnership;
(e)
a copy of the latest balance-sheet of the partnership, society, company or limited liability partnership or, in the case of a person or group of persons, the balance-sheet, if any, relating to any housing development undertaken by the person or group of persons; and
(f)
such other information as may be required by the Controller.
(3) Any copy of any memorandum, articles of association, agreement, partnership agreement, limited liability partnership agreement or other document to that effect, rules or by-laws of a society or balance-sheet which is supplied to the Controller under subsection (2) shall be duly verified by a statutory declaration by the following person:
(a)
in the case of a company, by a senior officer of the company;
(b)
in the case of a partnership, by a partner;
(c)
in the case of a society, by the president or the secretary or person holding a position analogous to that of president or secretary;
(d)
in the case of a person or group of persons, by that person or by any person in the group of persons; and
(e)
in the case of a limited liability partnership, by its manager.”;
(e)
by deleting the words “or society” in section 5(b) and substituting the words “, society or limited liability partnership”;
(f)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of section 5(c) (ii);
(g)
by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (iii) of section 5(c), the following sub-paragraph:
“(iv)
a limited liability partnership, as manager or in a position analogous to that of manager; or”;
(h)
by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (c\) of section 8(1) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
“(d)
if a limited liability partnership, in the limited liability partnership agreement or other document to that effect,”;
(i)
by inserting, immediately after the words “co-operative societies, societies” in the 2nd line of section 25(1), the words “, limited liability partnerships”; and
(j)
by inserting, immediately after the word “society” in the 2nd line of section 27(1), the words “, limited liability partnership”.