Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Transfer of Land Act 1958 - SECT 47

Power to Registrar to make a vesting order in cases of completed purchase

47. Power to Registrar to make a vesting order in cases of completed purchase

If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar that-

   (a)  land has been sold by the registered proprietor and the whole of the
        purchase money paid; and

   (b)  the purchaser or any person claiming under him has entered and taken
        possession under such purchase and such entry and possession have been
        acquiesced in by the vendor or his representatives; but

   (c)  a transfer cannot be obtained as the registered proprietor is dead or
        out of Victoria or cannot be found or for any reason it is
        impracticable to obtain his signature within a reasonable time-

the Registrar may in his discretion make a vesting order to give effect to the
sale and shall make a recording of it in any relevant part of the Register,
whereupon the person in whom the order vests the land shall become the
transferee and be the registered proprietor thereof.