Land Code (Strata) Act · 2000 Revised Edition · Part XI · Miscellaneous
65. Letterboxes and address for service
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The strata corporation shall either —
at or near the alignment of the front of the main building on the land, cause a letterbox, with the designation of the strata
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corporation clearly shown on it, to be continually available in an accessible place; or
display in a prominent place, in the vestibule to that building, its address for service.
It shall be sufficient compliance with any written law which relates to the manner of service of any document which has to be served by any person on the strata corporation or its committee, if any person authorised to serve the document —
Committee
“Committee”, in relation to any strata corporation, means — (a) its committee constituted under its Rules; or (b) in the case of a strata corporation, where there are less than four proprietors, the proprietor or proprietors who comprise the strata corporation,
sends it by registered letter addressed to the strata corporation or the committee, as the case may be, at its address for service; or
places it in the letterbox referred to in subsection (1).
If the address for the service of documents on the strata corporation is at any time altered, the strata corporation shall forthwith send notice to the Commissioner of the alteration and the Commissioner shall enter a notification of the change of address on the supplementary record sheet. The Commissioner may prescribe the form of the notice to be given under this subsection.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Land, being the officer appointed as the head of the Land Department and includes any person for the time being lawfully exercising his powers;
For the purposes of this section, the term “document” includes any summons, notice, order and other legal process.
A notice or order requiring repairs to or work to be performed in respect of the land or any building or other improvements thereon which a relevant authority is required or authorised by any written law to serve shall, notwithstanding anything in the written law, be served on the strata corporation in the manner provided by this Act, and thereupon the notice or order shall be deemed to have been duly served and the strata corporation shall be deemed to be the person bound to comply therewith.
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
building
Defined · s 2“building” means any completed building which complies with approvals granted by the relevant authority;
Commissioner
Defined · s 2“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Land, being the officer appointed as the head of the Land Department and includes any person for the time being lawfully exercising his powers;
Committee
Defined · s 2“Committee”, in relation to any strata corporation, means — (a) its committee constituted under its Rules; or (b) in the case of a strata corporation, where there are less than four proprietors, the proprietor or proprietors who comprise the strata corporation,
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;
relevant authority
Defined · s 2“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 or to serve any notice or order requiring any repair work or act to be carried out under the Town and Country Planning (Development Control) Act, Municipal Boards Act or under any other written law;
supplementary record sheet
Defined · s 2“supplementary record sheet”, in relation to any strata plan and strata corporation, means the supplementary record sheet set up and filed in the Land Office under section 25 in relation to that strata plan and strata corporation;