§ 12 — Restriction on registration or notification of assurance, instrument or caveat pending issue of fresh State title

12. After the surrender of the title to land is lodged with the Registry of Deeds or the Land Titles Registry (as the case may be) under section 9, and pending the issuance of a fresh State title or titles by the President —(a)

except for a discharge of a statutory charge in favour of the Central Provident Fund Board or a withdrawal of a subsisting caveat registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 —(i)

no assurance or caveat in respect of the unregistered land surrendered is capable of being registered under the provisions of that Act; and

(ii)

where such assurance or caveat has been registered, the Registrar of Deeds has the power to cancel the registration of such assurance or caveat and any entries relating thereto from the records kept by the Registry of Deeds; and

(b)

except for a discharge of a statutory charge in favour of the Central Provident Fund Board or an extension or withdrawal of a subsisting caveat notified under this Act —(i)

no dealing or caveat in respect of the registered land surrendered is capable of being registered or notified under the provisions of this Act; and

(ii)

where such dealing or caveat has been registered or notified, the Registrar has the power to cancel the registration or notification of such dealing or caveat and any entries relating thereto from the records kept by the Land Titles Registry.[8/2014]