Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967

Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to facilitate the subdivision of land into strata and the collective sale of property, and the disposition of titles thereto and for purposes connected therewith. [15 May 1968] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967. Application 2. Except as hereinafter provided, this Act applies only to registered land. Interpretation 3.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “accessory lot” means a lot intended for separate proprietorship and use with any other specified lot or lots for any purpose; “assurance” includes any transfer, lease, charge, mortgage, transmission application or any other application for vesting made under this Act; “Authority” means the Singapore Land Authority established under the Singapore Land Authority Act 2001; “Board” means a Strata Titles Board constituted under the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “building” includes — (a) any building partially completed; (b) where applicable, any building to be erected within a stratum shown or specified in any strata subdivision plan submitted to the relevant authority for approval; or (c) any building to be erected which is authorised for strata subdivision under a notification made by the Minister under section 21(6) of the Planning Act 1998; “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Buildings appointed under section 3 of the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “common property”, subject to subsection (2), means — (a) in relation to any land and building comprised or to be comprised in a strata title plan, such part of the land and building — (i) not comprised in any lot or proposed lot in that strata title plan; and (ii) used or capable of being used or enjoyed by occupiers of 2 or more lots or proposed lots; (b) in relation to any other land and building, such part of the land and building — (i) not comprised in any non-strata lot; and (ii) used or capable of being used or enjoyed by occupiers of 2 or more non-strata lots within that land or building; or (c) in relation to any land and building mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), any of the following whether or not comprised in a lot, proposed lot or non‑strata lot: (i) the pipes, wires, cables or ducts which are used, or capable of being used or enjoyed, by occupiers of 2 or more lots, proposed lots or non‑strata lots (as the case may be) within that land or building, or are used or capable of being used for the servicing or enjoyment of the common property; (ii) the cubic space enclosed by a structure enclosing pipes, wires, cables or ducts mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); (iii) any structural element of the building; (iv) the waterproof membrane attached to an external wall or a roof; Examples (a) A foundation, load‑bearing wall, column or beam, a shear core, strut, ground anchor, slab (not including any layer that is the underlayment or the flooring finishing), truss and common staircase. (b) An external wall, or a roof or façade of a building which is used or enjoyed, or capable of being used or enjoyed, by occupiers of 2 or more lots, proposed lots or non‑strata lots. (c) A garden, sporting or recreational facility, car park or parking area for other vehicles, none of which are comprised in a lot, proposed lot or non‑strata lot. (d) A central air‑conditioning system and its appurtenances, and a fire sprinkler protection system and its appurtenances. (e) Any chute, pipe, wire, cable, duct or facility for the passage or provision of water, sewage, drainage, gas, oil, electricity, telephone, radio, television, garbage, heating or cooling systems, or any other similar services. “company” includes — (a) any body of persons incorporated in or outside Singapore; and (b) an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may hold property in the name of the society, association or other body or in the name of its trustees, secretary or other officer duly appointed for that purpose; “competent authority”, in relation to the development or subdivision of land, means the competent authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act 1998 in respect of the development or subdivision of land, as the case may be; “council” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “flat” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether such stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business or for any other purpose, and may be comprised in a lot, or in part of any subdivided building not shown in a registered strata title plan; “immediate family member” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “land” has the meaning given by the Land Titles Act 1993; “Land Titles Registry” means the Land Titles Registry of the Authority; “lot” means a stratum which is shown as a lot on a strata title plan, and includes a lot specified as an accessory lot on any such plan; “management corporation” means a management corporation constituted under this Act; “ordinary resolution” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “parcel” means the whole of the registered land having a Government survey lot number and comprised in a strata title plan; “planning permission” has the meaning given by the Planning Act 1998; “proposed lot” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “proprietor”, in relation to land comprised in a strata title plan, means the person who was the proprietor of that land immediately before the registration of the strata title application for that plan under section 9; “provisional lot” means a lot within which one or more buildings or parts of any building are to be erected or completed and is shown as a provisional lot in a strata title plan and in any other record maintained by the Registrar; “registered land” means land which has been brought under the provisions of the Land Titles Act 1993, by being included in a folio of the land-register, and held by the registered proprietor for an estate in fee simple or perpetuity, or for a leasehold estate comprised in a Crown or State lease; “registered lease” means a lease registered under the provisions of the Land Titles Act 1993; “registered lessee”, in relation to any subdivided building not comprised in a strata title plan, means the registered proprietor of a leasehold estate in registered land comprising a flat which is shown in a plan annexed to a registered lease, having an unexpired term of not less than 21 years as at the date of the lodgment of an application by that registered proprietor for a subsidiary certificate of title; “Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed under the Land Titles Act 1993; “relevant authority” means any one or more Government or statutory authorities empowered to approve plans for development or subdivision of any land or plans relating to the construction of any building under the Planning Act 1998 or under any other written law and includes the competent authority; “schedule of strata units”, in relation to any land or building, means the schedule of strata units accepted by the Commissioner under section 11 of the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004 for that land or building; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “share value” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “special resolution” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “strata roll” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “strata subdivision” includes a subdivision of land to comprise one or more strata units whether or not any strata unit is on the same level as any other strata unit; “strata title plan” means a plan of registered land which — (a) is described in the title or heading thereto as a strata title plan; (b) shows the whole or any part of the land comprised therein as being divided into 2 or more strata, whether or not any stratum is divided into 2 or more lots; and (c) contains the particulars prescribed under the Boundaries and Survey Maps Act 1998, and includes a strata title plan for redevelopment of any lot in a strata title plan registered under this Act; “stratum” means any part of land consisting of a space of any shape below, on or above the surface of the land, or partly below and partly above the surface of the land, the dimensions of which are delineated; “structural element” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “subdivided building” means — (a) any one or more buildings comprised in a strata subdivision plan approved by the relevant authority; or (b) any building or class of buildings authorised for strata subdivision under a notification made by the Minister under section 21(6) of the Planning Act 1998; “subsidiary certificate of title” means the subsidiary certificate of title issued under section 122; “subsidiary management corporation” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004; [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] “subsidiary proprietor” means — (a) the registered subsidiary proprietor for the time being of the entire estate in a lot including an estate for life, an estate in remainder or an estate in reversion; and (b) in relation to a lot where a lease has been granted, the registered subsidiary proprietor for the time being of a leasehold interest in a lot described in an instrument of lease whose unexpired term is not less than 21 years as from the date of lodgment of the instrument of lease for registration with the Registrar including such a lease registered prior to 1 December 1987; “subsidiary strata certificate of title” means a subsidiary strata certificate of title issued under this Act; “unanimous resolution” has the meaning given by the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004. [Act 12 of 2020 wef 01/10/2025] [35/2017] (2) For the purposes of this Act — (a) all windows of a lot, proposed lot or non-strata lot that are located on any exterior wall of the lot, proposed lot or (as the case may be) non-strata lot, being either louvres, casement windows, sliding windows or windows with any movable part, are part of the lot, proposed lot or (as the case may be) non-strata lot and not common property; and (b) all other windows of a lot, proposed lot or non-strata lot that are located on any exterior wall of the lot, proposed lot or (as the case may be) non-strata lot are common property, unless otherwise described in a strata title plan. Application of Land Titles Act 1993 4. The Land Titles Act 1993 and any rules made under that Act, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or of any rules made under this Act, apply in all respects to land registered in any folio of the subsidiary strata land-register.