Section 117
Issue document of title
⎯(1) The expression “issue document of title” does not include a document of title other than a document of title issued by the
Government to a person holding directly from the Government by way of grant, lease, Occupation Ticket or other similar disposition for a term of years and, subject as aforesaid, means⎯
(a)
in the case of any document of title issued under the provisions of⎯
(i)
this Code;
(ii)
the former Land Ordinance [Cap. 27 (1948
Ed.)]; or
(iii)
any Order of the Rajah affecting land, that part which pursuant to those provisions is or has been issued to the person entitled thereto;
(b)
in the case of a grant or lease under the former Land
Settlement Ordinance [Cap. 28 (1948 Ed.)], subject as hereinafter provided, the photostat copy thereof issued to the person entitled to such grant or lease; or
(c)
in any case in which a certificate in Form F in the First
Schedule is issued, that certificate.
(2)
In any case in which the only issue document of title subsisting is that referred to in subsection (1)(b), any person who is able to satisfy the Registrar that he is entitled as lessee or grantee to any land comprised therein shall be issued with a certified document of title in Form F in the First Schedule.