Section 44
Amendment of section 305
of National Land Code (Amendment) Act 2016
Section 305 of the Code is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:
“(2a) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), the Registrar shall inform the person or body from whom the document was obtained to collect the document.
(2b)
Where any document of title and duplicate lease, sub-lease or charge presented or produced in connection with the registration is not collected by the person or body from whom it was obtained upon being informed under subsection (2a)
within the prescribed time, the release of such document thereafter shall be upon payment of such fees, as may be prescribed.
(2c)
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), such action in respect of land held under land office title registered by virtue of paragraph 166(1)(j) or section 187aa and the documents of which were kept by the former district shall be made by the
Registrar in respect of the former district.
(2d)
For the purposes of subsection (2c), “former district”
refers to the district where the documents were first registered.”.
Amendment of section 323