TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 6
TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 6
6 . Deputy Commissioner of Titles
(1) The Governor may
designate a person, or each of 2 or more persons, to be a Deputy Commissioner
of Titles under this Act.
(2) A person cannot be
a Deputy Commissioner of Titles unless —
(a) the
person is a member of the Authority’s staff; and
(b) the
person is a lawyer of not less than 5 years’ standing.
(2a) When the
Land Information Authority Act 2006 section 105(1) comes into operation a
person who, immediately before then, is a Deputy Commissioner of Titles
becomes a Deputy Commissioner of Titles as if designated under subsection (1)
for the balance of the person’s term of office.
(3) When and as often
as the Commissioner is incapacitated by illness, absence or other sufficient
cause from performing the duties of the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner
nominated in writing by the Commissioner is to act as, and in the place of,
the Commissioner during the Commissioner’s incapacity.
(3a) When there is no
Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner nominated in writing by the former
Commissioner before ceasing to be the Commissioner is to act as, and in the
place of, the Commissioner.
(3b) If, in a
circumstance described in subsection (3) or (3a), there is no Deputy
Commissioner who has been nominated as described in that subsection and is
able to act, a Deputy Commissioner nominated in writing by the Minister, is to
act as, and in the place of, the Commissioner.
(4) A Deputy
Commissioner while acting as Commissioner has all the powers of, and shall
perform all the duties and functions of, the Commissioner, except the power of
delegation conferred by section 15.
[(5), (6) deleted]
(7) The exercise by a
Deputy Commissioner of any power or function pursuant to this section is
sufficient evidence of his authority to do so, and no person shall be
concerned to inquire as to that authority or be affected by any notice in
relation thereto.
(8) A Deputy
Commissioner is subject in all matters to the direction and control of the
Commissioner.
[Section 6 inserted: No. 14 of 1972 s. 2; amended:
No. 32 of 1994 s. 18; No. 6 of 2003 s. 5; No. 65 of 2003 s. 120(3); No. 60 of
2006 s. 105; No. 21 of 2008 s. 711(4); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]