Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 · Updated to 2 Mar 2016 · Part VII · Miscellaneous
22C. Right to initiate and maintain actions
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding anything contained in any written law or any rule of law, agreement, assignment or charge lawfully entered into between a homebuyer as defined in section 16A and his financier, a homebuyer shall be entitled on his own volition and in his own name to initiate, commence, institute and maintain in any court or tribunal any action, suit or proceeding against a housing developer or any other person in respect of any matter arising out of the sale and purchase agreement entered into between the homebuyer and the housing developer provided the homebuyer’s financier under a deed of absolute assignment is notified in writing either before or within fourteen days after the action, suit or proceeding against the housing developer has been filed before any court or tribunal.
homebuyer
“homebuyer” means a purchaser and includes a person who has subsequently purchased a housing accommodation from the first purchaser of the housing accommodation. Establishment of Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims