s 3A Residential property held by former citizens and permanent residents
3A.—(1) Where an individual acquires any residential property (other than non‑restricted residential property) or any estate or interest therein as a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and subsequently —(a) renounces or is deprived of his or her Singapore citizenship on or after 17 January 2011; or (b) cancels his or her Singapore permanent residence on or after 17 January 2011 other than on the ground of becoming a citizen of Singapore, or has his or her Singapore permanent residence terminated by the Government on or after that date, that individual must sell that residential property or estate or interest therein to a citizen of Singapore or an approved purchaser within a period of 2 years from the date of cessation of his or her Singapore citizenship or Singapore permanent residence (as the case may be), or within such longer period as the Minister may allow before the end of those 2 years. [35/2010] (2) Any individual who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.[35/2010] (3) Without affecting subsection (2), where any individual mentioned in subsection (1) does not sell his or her residential property or his or her estate or interest therein within the period allowed under subsection (1), the Minister may issue to the Controller a notice to attach and sell the residential property, and a copy of that notice must be served on —(a) the individual concerned and every other owner of the residential property; and (b) each subsisting mortgagee or chargee (if any) who appears as such in the relevant records in the Land Titles Registry or the Registry of Deeds of the Authority, as the case may be.[35/2010]