Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Property Law Act 1958 - SECT 72

Conveyances by a person to himself etc.

72. Conveyances by a person to himself etc.



(1) In conveyances made after the thirty-first day of December One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four personal property, including chattels real, may
be conveyed by a person to himself jointly with another person by the like
means by which it might be conveyed by him to another person.

(2) In conveyances made after the thirty-first day of January One thousand
nine hundred and five, freehold land, or a thing in action, may be conveyed by
a person to himself jointly with another person, by the like means by which it
might be conveyed by him to another person; and may, in like manner, be
conveyed by a husband to his wife, and by a wife to her husband, alone or
jointly with another person.

(3) After the commencement of this Act a person may convey land to or vest
land in himself.

(4) Two or more persons (whether or not being trustees or personal
representatives) may convey, and shall be deemed always to have been capable
of conveying, any property vested in them to any one or more of themselves in
like manner as they could have conveyed such property to a third party;
provided that if the persons in whose favour the conveyance is made are, by
reason of any fiduciary relationship or otherwise, precluded from validly
carrying out the transaction, the conveyance shall be liable to be set aside.