Abstract
This paper aims to evaluate the legal implications on the purchasers of the private lease scheme (PLS) for a property purchased from the developers. The law requires the developers to apply for subdivided title and transfer it to the purchasers. However, instead of transferring property ownership, in PLS, the developer is only transferring a 99-year lease over the purchased property. Upon expiry of the lease, the property shall be reverted to the proprietor of the land. Consequently, the purchasers were misled to believe that in return for the full payment, they will be transferred with ownership of the property