TRANSFER OF LAND AMENDMENT ACT 2003 (NO. 6 OF 2003) - SECT 32

TRANSFER OF LAND AMENDMENT ACT 2003 (NO. 6 OF 2003) - SECT 32

32 .         Section 87 replaced

                Section 87 is repealed and the following section is inserted instead —

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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 he thinks fit instead of cancelling the certificate of title under section 86 enter on the certificate of title and on the duplicate certificate (if any) a memorandum of the transfer and deliver the duplicate to the transferee or to a person named and authorised by the transferee as the person to whom the duplicate may be delivered.

        (2)         If a transfer purports to transfer the whole of the land mentioned in a digital title the Registrar may if he thinks fit instead of cancelling the certificate of title under section 86 —

            (a)         enter the name of the transferee as the new proprietor on the certificate of title;

            (b)         cancel the duplicate certificate of title (if any); and

            (c)         issue a new edition of the duplicate certificate of title in accordance with section 74B(2).

        (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.

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