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Leading Case
transitional savingsextinguishment of titlepre 1994 possessory title
Balwant Singh v Double L & T Pte Ltd
[1996] 2 SLR(R) 7; [1996] 2 SLR 726 (candidate SLR(R) [1996] 1 SLR(R) 466 was wrong; the correct SLR(R) reissue is [1996] 2 SLR(R) 7, and the original report [1996] 2 SLR 726 is as cited in the TSM judgment)
Key Principle
Title to registered land acquired by 12 years' adverse possession before 1 March 1994 is preserved by the LTA's saving provisions; the abolition of adverse possession does not retrospectively defeat a possessory title already perfected before commencement.
Area of Law
Land & Property
Related Cases
Lim Chin San Contractors Pte Ltd v Shiok Kim Seng [2013] SGCA 6; [2013] 2 SLR 279 (candidate report [2013] 2 SLR 689 was wrong on the page number; the Court of Appeal decision is reported at [2013] 2 SLR 279, as cited in [2017] SGHC 200 and multiple academic sources)