IN light of the Covid-19-triggered movement control order (MCO) imposed on March 18 and still continuing, numerous transactions were affected. I am writing in particular about the sale of auctioned properties that was due to be completed during the MCO period.
Land offices and law firms were not allowed to operate during the earlier phases of the MCO. This meant private caveats could not be lodged, and balance purchase prices could not be paid.
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