§ 43 — Replacement of certificates of title, etc.

43.—(1) The Registrar may issue a new certificate of title or a new subsidiary certificate of title to replace —(a)

any certificate of title; or

(b)

any subsidiary certificate of title or duplicate lease,

which has been lost, mislaid, destroyed or is being improperly or wrongfully withheld.

[8/2014]

(2) Every new certificate of title or new subsidiary certificate of title issued under subsection (1) —(a)

must bear a new serial number allocated by the Registrar and only subsisting instruments and entries are to be shown on the folio;

(b)

is as valid as the certificate of title, subsidiary certificate of title or duplicate lease (as the case may be) it replaces; and

(c)

is usable for any purpose for which that certificate of title, subsidiary certificate of title or duplicate lease it replaces might have been used.[8/2014]

(3) An application for a new certificate of title or a subsidiary certificate of title may be made by the proprietor of the land comprised therein, or by any person claiming through the proprietor, to the Registrar in the approved form, and must be supported by such evidence as the Registrar may require.[8/2014]

(4) The Registrar may require an applicant to give notice of the applicant’s application by publishing, within 14 days after the date of that application, at the applicant’s cost, a copy of the application in one or more local daily newspapers circulating in Singapore.[8/2014]

(5) The Registrar may issue a new certificate of title or a new subsidiary certificate of title only upon being satisfied that the application is in order and there are no valid objections to the application.[8/2014]

(6) Upon the issuance of the new certificate of title or the new subsidiary certificate of title under subsection (1), the Registrar must cancel the previous folio and enter in that folio a notification of the issue of the new certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title (as the case may be), and that notification cancels the certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title which the new certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title replaces for all purposes even though the replaced certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title (as the case may be) may subsequently be recovered.[8/2014]

(7) Where a new folio has been created for a duplicate lease which has been lost, mislaid, destroyed, or is being improperly or wrongfully withheld, the Registrar must enter a notification in the original lease of the issue of the new folio, and that notification cancels the duplicate lease even though the duplicate lease may subsequently be recovered.[8/2014]

—(1) The Registrar may issue a new certificate of title or a new subsidiary certificate of title to replace —(a)

any certificate of title; or

(b)

any subsidiary certificate of title or duplicate lease,

which has been lost, mislaid, destroyed or is being improperly or wrongfully withheld.

[8/2014]

(2) Every new certificate of title or new subsidiary certificate of title issued under subsection (1) —(a)

must bear a new serial number allocated by the Registrar and only subsisting instruments and entries are to be shown on the folio;

(b)

is as valid as the certificate of title, subsidiary certificate of title or duplicate lease (as the case may be) it replaces; and

(c)

is usable for any purpose for which that certificate of title, subsidiary certificate of title or duplicate lease it replaces might have been used.[8/2014]

(3) An application for a new certificate of title or a subsidiary certificate of title may be made by the proprietor of the land comprised therein, or by any person claiming through the proprietor, to the Registrar in the approved form, and must be supported by such evidence as the Registrar may require.[8/2014]

(4) The Registrar may require an applicant to give notice of the applicant’s application by publishing, within 14 days after the date of that application, at the applicant’s cost, a copy of the application in one or more local daily newspapers circulating in Singapore.[8/2014]

(5) The Registrar may issue a new certificate of title or a new subsidiary certificate of title only upon being satisfied that the application is in order and there are no valid objections to the application.[8/2014]

(6) Upon the issuance of the new certificate of title or the new subsidiary certificate of title under subsection (1), the Registrar must cancel the previous folio and enter in that folio a notification of the issue of the new certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title (as the case may be), and that notification cancels the certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title which the new certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title replaces for all purposes even though the replaced certificate of title or subsidiary certificate of title (as the case may be) may subsequently be recovered.[8/2014]

(7) Where a new folio has been created for a duplicate lease which has been lost, mislaid, destroyed, or is being improperly or wrongfully withheld, the Registrar must enter a notification in the original lease of the issue of the new folio, and that notification cancels the duplicate lease even though the duplicate lease may subsequently be recovered.[8/2014]