National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 3 · Final title in continuation of final title
175. Power to issue duplicate issue document only where register document not in need of renewal
Feedback & supportWhere the Registrar or Land Administrator is empowered to issue title in continuation to any land as a whole by reason of the circumstances described in paragraph 166(1)(b), (c) or (d), but—
Registrar
“Registrar” means— (a) in relation to land held or to be held under Registry title, or under the form of qualified title corresponding to Registry title, or under subsidiary title dependent on a Registry title, a Registrar of Titles or Deputy Registrar of Titles appointed under section 12; (b) in relation to land held or to be held under Land Office title, or under the form of qualified title corresponding thereto, or under subsidiary title dependent on a Land Office title, the Land Administrator;
the register document of title to the land does not, in his opinion, require replacement; and
the issue document was issued under this Act, he may, instead of issuing title in continuation, issue a duplicate issue document only.
Where the circumstances in which the Registrar or Land
land
“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;
Administrator proposes to issue a duplicate issue document under this section are those described in paragraph 166(1)(c) or (d), section 168 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, as they would if he proposed to issue title in continuation in the like circumstances.
Section 169 shall apply with respect to the fees payable in connection with the issue of duplicate issue documents as they apply with respect to the fees payable in connection with the continuation of title to land as a whole.
Any duplicate issue document issued under this section shall have the like validity and effect in all respects as that which it is intended to replace.
On issuing any such document, the Registrar or Land
Administrator shall make a memorial thereof on the register document of title to the land, showing the date of issue and the reasons therefor; and the former issue document shall thereupon be deemed to have been cancelled for all purposes, and shall, if in his hands, be destroyed forthwith.
register document of title
“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;