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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY

Liability of instruments to duty

Payment of duty

Valuation for duty

Part III PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR INSTRUMENTS

Part IV LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF DUTY

Part V ADJUDICATION AS TO STAMPS

Part VI TIME OF STAMPING INSTRUMENTS

Part VII INSTRUMENTS NOT DULY STAMPED

Part VIII ALLOWANCE FOR SPOILED STAMPS

Part IX OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

Part X MISCELLANEOUS

FIRST SCHEDULE Instruments Chargeable With Stamp Duty

SECOND SCHEDULE Instruments Which May be Stamped With Impressed or Adhesive Stamps

THIRD SCHEDULE Persons Liable to Pay Stamp Duty

FOURTH SCHEDULE Adjudication Fees

FIFTH SCHEDULE Valuation Fees

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 24/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 24/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 24/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 01/04/2006.
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Conversion of firm and private company to limited liability partnership
31.
—(1)  Every notice of registration issued by the Registrar upon the conversion of a firm to a limited liability partnership under section 20 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005) shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a conveyance on sale from the firm to the limited liability partnership of the chargeable property vested in the limited liability partnership upon such conversion, for a consideration equal to the value of the chargeable property so vested.
[6/2005]
(2)  Every notice of registration issued by the Registrar upon the conversion of a private company to a limited liability partnership under section 21 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a conveyance on sale from the private company to the limited liability partnership of the chargeable property vested in the limited liability partnership upon such conversion, for a consideration equal to the value of the chargeable property so vested.
[6/2005]
(3)  In this section —
“chargeable property” means —
(a)
immovable property situated in Singapore, or any beneficial interest thereof; and
(b)
stocks and shares registered in a register kept in Singapore, or any beneficial interest thereof, other than stocks and shares deposited with and registered in the name of the Central Depository System established under section 130C of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) or its nominee;
“firm” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Business Registration Act (Cap. 32);
“private company” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act;
“Registrar” has the same meaning as in the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005).
[6/2005]