TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 87
TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 87
87 . Total transfer by endorsement on paper title or by entering transferee’s name on digital title
(1) If a transfer
purports to transfer the whole of the land mentioned in a paper title, the
Registrar may, if the Registrar thinks fit, instead of cancelling the
certificate of title under section 86, enter on the certificate of title a
memorandum of the transfer.
(2) If a transfer
purports to transfer the whole of the land mentioned in a digital title, the
Registrar may, if the Registrar thinks fit, instead of cancelling the
certificate of title under section 86, enter the name of the transferee as the
new proprietor on the certificate of title.
(3) Every certificate
with such memorandum or such change shall be as effectual for the purpose of
evidencing title and for all other purposes of this Act as if the old
certificate had been cancelled and a new certificate had been created and
registered in the name of the transferee and such process in lieu of
cancellation may be repeated upon every transfer of the whole of the land.
[Section 87 inserted: No. 6 of 2003 s. 32;
amended: No. 21 of 2022 s. 22.]