Land Registration Act 2012▤
Regulations
1) The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act generally and for the…
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Land Registration Act 2012▤
Repeals
The written laws set out in the Schedule are repealed.
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Saving and transitional provisions with respect to rules, orders, regulations, directions, notices forms, notifications orders e.t.c.
Until the Cabinet Secretary makes the regulations contemplated under section 110, any rules, or other administrative acts made, gi…
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Savings and transitional provisions with respect to rights, actions, dispositions
(1) Unless the contrary is specifically provided for in this Act, any right, interest, title, power, or obligation acquired, accru…
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Transitional provisions on rights, liabilities and remedies of parties over land
(1) On the effective date, the repealed Acts shall cease to apply to a parcel of land to which this Act applies. (2) Nothing in th…
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Transiting title documents
(1) On the effective date, the following provisions shall apply in respect of every parcel of land, the title to land which is alr…
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Saving registers under repealed laws
(1) A register maintained under any of the repealed Acts shall, on the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be the land register…
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Offences
(1) A person who— (a) knowingly makes a false statement, orally or in writing, in connection with a disposition or other transacti…
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Fees
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may prescribe the rates of fees payable for any matters in respect of which, by this Act, prescribed fee…
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Jurisdiction of court
The Environment and Land Court established by the Environment and Land Court Act, 2011 No. 19 of 2011 has jurisdiction to hear and…
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Enjoyment of easement and analogous rights
(1) The benefit of an easement, or an analogous right granted under this Part shall be enjoyed, during the term of its existence,…
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Cancellation and extinguishment of easements and analogous rights
(1) Subject to subsection (3), an easement granted or an analogous right created under this Part may be cancelled by the person oc…
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Creation of easement
1) An owner of land or a lessor may, by an instrument in the prescribed form, grant an easement over the land, lease or a part of…
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Partition subject to lender’s consent
(1) If any undivided share in land or a lease held by tenants in common is subject to a charge, a partition of that land or lease…
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Sale of co-owned land
(1) If for any reason the land sought to be partitioned is incapable of being partitioned, or the partition would adversely affect…
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Ancillary powers of Registrar in connection with partition
(1) If the land sought to be partitioned is capable of being partitioned generally, and the tenants in common have agreed on the p…
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Partition
(1) Any of the tenants in common may, with the consent of all the tenants in common, make an application, in the prescribed form,…
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Co-ownership and other relationships between spouses
(1) Subject to the law on matrimonial property, if a spouse obtains land for the co-ownership and use of both spouses or, all the…
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Certificate of ownership of co- tenants
1) Each co-tenant of land shall be entitled to receive a copy of the certificate of title of that land. (2) The Registrar, on appl…
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Meaning and incidents of co- tenancies
(1) In this Act, co-tenancy means the ownership of land by two or more persons in undivided shares and includes joint tenancy or t…
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Summary recovery
An order for the payment of a sum of money made by the Registrar under any power conferred by this Act shall be deemed to be a dec…
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Recovery of fees and expenses
Unpaid fees or expenses incurred by the Registrar shall constitute a debt due and shall be a civil debt recoverable summarily.
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Prescribed fees
(1) The prescribed fees shall be payable in respect of a certificate of title, certificate of lease, searches, survey plans, print…
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Meaning of ‘opportunity of being heard’
(1) If this Act requires that a person be given an opportunity to be heard before a particular thing is to be, or may be done, tha…
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