Land Code (Strata) Act · 2000 Revised Edition · Part V · Service Charges
37. Recovery of service charges
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any service charge levied in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 31 shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms of the relevant determination; and so much of the amount as from time to time becomes payable may be recovered as a debt by the strata corporation in an action in any court of competent jurisdiction from the person who was the proprietor of the unit at the time when the amount became payable or, subject to the provisions of section 42, from the proprietor of the unit at the time when the proceedings are instituted.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law, any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction given in recovery proceedings in accordance with subsection (1) may be registered against the subsidiary strata title to the unit of the proprietor or former proprietor against whom judgment has been given, and upon registration shall constitute a charge against the land subject only to any existing registered charge.
Land Code (Strata)
land
“land” includes land of any tenure, any building or parts thereof, the air space above the surface, the surface of the land and such of the subsoil as is occupied by any buildings and related structures, but excludes the right to all minerals and mineral products including oil and gas;
Terms defined in s 2
land
Defined · s 2“land” includes land of any tenure, any building or parts thereof, the air space above the surface, the surface of the land and such of the subsoil as is occupied by any buildings and related structures, but excludes the right to all minerals and mineral products including oil and gas;
proprietor
Defined · s 2“proprietor”, in relation to any unit, means the person for the time being registered as proprietor of the stratum estate in the unit, provided that in sections 37, 38 and 49, where a person is in actual occupation of a unit under a binding agreement for sale and purchase, unless the context otherwise requires, the term
subsidiary strata title
Defined · s 2“subsidiary strata title” means a subsidiary strata title issued by the Commissioner under subsection (1) of section 21 in respect of a principal unit and where applicable, one or more accessory units on a strata plan;
unit
Defined · s 2“unit”, in relation to any land, means a part of the land consisting of a space of any shape situated on or above the surface of the land, or below the surface of the land to the extent that any buildings or related structures occupy the subsoil, or partly in one such situation and partly in another or others, all the dimensions of which are limited, and that is designed for separate ownership;
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