TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 33
TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 33
33 . Judge may require production of title deeds in support of application to bring land under this Act
(1) After an
application has been made to have any land brought under the operation of this
Act a judge may require all persons having in their possession or custody any
deeds instruments or evidences of title relating to or affecting the land the
subject of such application to produce the same to the Commissioner and in
case there be such to any Examiner of Titles for his inspection upon such
terms and subject to such conditions and for such charge or fee as the judge
making the order may think just and shall fix.
(2) All applications
to be made to a judge under this section may be made by summons in chambers by
the applicant owner or by the person in whose name a certificate of title
would be created if the application were to be successful.
[Section 33 amended: No. 81 of 1996 s. 16; No. 19
of 2010 s. 51.]