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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING ESTATES

Part III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

FIRST SCHEDULE Description of Land

SECOND SCHEDULE By-laws

THIRD SCHEDULE Proceedings of Management Committees of Bodies Corporate

FOURTH SCHEDULE General Meetings of A Body Corporate

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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 07/09/2012.
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Notices to be given by owners and mortgagees
22.
—(1)  The owner of a flat or any person who, under this section, has given to the body corporate notice of an address for the service of notices on him shall give notice in writing to the body corporate, as the case may be, of any change of address for the service of notices on him.
(2)  Upon the execution of an assignment or other assurance of the estate or interest in a flat, the owner of the flat shall forthwith give to the body corporate written notice of the assignment or assurance which shall identify the flat and —
(a)
specify the name of the assignee in full and the address for the service of notices on the assignee and the date upon which the assignment or assurance was so executed; and
(b)
bear written confirmation by the assignee of the accuracy of the information contained in the notice.
(3)  Where the owner of a flat fails to comply with a notice given by the body corporate under subsection (11) requiring him to give a notice under subsection (2), the assignee under the assignment may give to the body corporate written notice of the assignment which shall identify the flat and specify the name of the assignee in full and the address for the service of notices on the assignee and the date upon which the assignment was executed.
(4)  After the delivery to a mortgagee of an executed mortgage of a flat, the mortgagee may give to the body corporate written notice of the mortgage which shall identify the flat and —
(a)
specify the name of the mortgagee in full and the address for the service of notices on the mortgagee and the date on which the mortgage was so delivered;
(b)
specify any mortgages of the flat which have priority over the mortgage referred to in the notice; and
(c)
give documentary evidence of the accuracy of the information contained in the notice.
(5)  After the delivery to a mortgagor of a discharge of a mortgage of a flat or a discharge of a sub-mortgage of a mortgage of a flat, the mortgagor may give to the body corporate written notice of the discharge which shall identify the flat and the mortgage that has been discharged and —
(a)
specify the date on which the discharge was so delivered; and
(b)
give documentary evidence of the discharge of the mortgage.
(6)  After the delivery by a mortgagee of a dealing, being a transfer or sub-mortgage of a flat, the transferee or sub-mortgagee may give to the body corporate written notice of the dealing which shall identify the flat and —
(a)
specify the name of the transferee or sub-mortgagee in full and the address for the service of notices on the transferee or sub-mortgagee and the date on which the transfer or sub-mortgage was so delivered; and
(b)
give documentary evidence of the information contained in the notice.
(7)  After the entry into possession of a flat by a mortgagee, the mortgagee shall give to the body corporate written notice which shall identify the flat and specify the date on which he entered into possession.
(8)  After granting a lease for a term exceeding 3 years of a flat, the lessor shall give to the body corporate written notice of the granting of the lease which shall identify the flat, specify the name of the lessee in full and the address for the service of notices on him and the address for the service of notices on the lessor.
(9)  After the termination or assignment of any lease referred to in subsection (8), the lessor shall give to the body corporate written notice of the termination or assignment which shall identify the flat and the lease that has been terminated or assigned and —
(a)
specify the date of the termination or assignment; and
(b)
in the case of an assignment, specify the name of the assignee in full and the address for the service of notices on him.
(10)  After a person becomes entitled, otherwise than as an assignee, to be registered under the Land Titles Act [Cap. 157] as the owner of a flat, he shall give to the body corporate written notice, in the form of a statutory declaration, which shall identify the flat and specify —
(a)
by what right he became entitled to the flat; and
(b)
the name of that person, in full, the address for the service of notices on him and the date upon which he became entitled to the interest in the flat.
(11)  Where a body corporate believes that a person is required, under this section, to give a notice to it and the body corporate has not received that notice, the body corporate may serve a notice on that person specifying the capacity in which it believes he is obliged to give the notice and requiring him —
(a)
to state, within 14 days, whether or not he is a person obliged to give a notice in that capacity; and
(b)
if he is such a person, to give that notice.
(12)  Where a body corporate has served a notice under subsection (11) on a person whom it believes to be a person entitled to give a notice to the body corporate under this section and that person has not complied with the first-mentioned notice, that person shall not be entitled to cast a vote at any meeting of the body corporate until he has complied with the first-mentioned notice.
(13)  A vote cast at a meeting of a body corporate by or on behalf of an owner which is a company shall have no effect unless the body corporate has received a written notice specifying the nominee of that owner.
(14)  A notice referred to in subsection (13) may be included in any other notice that the corporate flat owner to which it relates or any other person is entitled under this section to give to the body corporate.