159. Land Office title—the Mukim Registers

Terms defined in s 5

• district

  district

  Defined · s 5

  “district” means any area duly constituted as a district under section 11 or, by virtue of section 442, deemed to be a district so constituted;

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• Form

  Form

  Defined · s 5

  “Form”, followed by a number and letter, means the form in the First Schedule identified by that number and letter;

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• land

  land

  Defined · s 5

  “land” includes— (a) that surface of the earth and all substances forming that surface; (b) the earth below the surface and all substances therein; (c) all vegetation and other natural products, whether or not requiring the periodical application of labour to their production, and whether on or below the surface; (d) all things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, whether on or below the surface; and (e) land covered by water;

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• Land Administrator

  Land Administrator

  Defined · s 5

  “Land Administrator” means a Land Administrator appointed under section 12, and includes an Assistant Land Administrator appointed thereunder; and, in relation to any land, references to the Land Administrator, or any Assistant Land Administrator, having jurisdiction in the district or subdistrict in which the land is situated;

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• Land Office title

  Land Office title

  Defined · s 5

  “Land Office title” means title evidenced by a Mukim grant or Mukim lease, or by any document of title registered in a Land Office under the provisions of any previous land law;

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• mukim

  mukim

  Defined · s 5

  “mukim” means any area duly constituted as a mukim under section 11 or, by virtue of section 442, deemed to be a mukim so constituted;

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• Mukim grant

  Mukim grant

  Defined · s 5

  “Mukim grant” means a register document of title in Form 5d (that is to say, in the form appropriate under this Act to land held under Land Office title in perpetuity)…

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• Mukim lease

  Mukim lease

  Defined · s 5

  “Mukim lease” means a register document of title in Form 5e (that is to say, in the form appropriate under this Act to land held under Land Office title for a term of years);

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• Mukim Register

  Mukim Register

  Defined · s 5

  “Mukim Register” means any register maintained under section 159;

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• register document of title

  register document of title

  Defined · s 5

  “register document of title” means any document registered, or prepared for registration, under this Act and evidencing or, as the case may be, intended to evidence title to land, and any document evidencing title to land registered before the commencement of this Act under the provisions of any previous land law;

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