REAL PROPERTY (REGISTRATION OF TITLES) ACT 1945 - SECT 7

REAL PROPERTY (REGISTRATION OF TITLES) ACT 1945 - SECT 7

7—Issue of ordinary or limited certificate of title

        (1)         The Registrar-General shall issue a certificate of title for any land which he brings under the principal Act pursuant to this Act, in the name of the person appearing to be entitled thereto.

        (2)         If in respect of any land, the Registrar-General is satisfied that—

            (a)         he ought to have issued a certificate of title if application to bring that land under the provisions of the principal Act had been made by a person competent to make the application; and

            (b)         no person is in occupation of the land adversely to the title of the person to whom the Registrar-General proposes to issue the certificate of title,

the certificate of title shall be an ordinary certificate of title.

        (3)         Save as provided in the last preceding subsection, the certificate of title to be issued under this Act shall be a limited certificate of title as hereinafter defined.

        (4)         The Registrar-General may for any cause which he deems sufficient delay the issue of the certificate of title relating to any land intended to be brought under the principal Act pursuant to this Act.