Section 187
Power to issue title in continuation where register document full up, etc.
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Where, in the case of any land held under qualified title, it appears to the Registrar or Land Administrator—
(a)
at the time when he makes any entry on the register document of title thereto, that there is insufficient space thereon for the making of further entries; or
(b)
at any time, that the register document of title can, by reason of its physical condition, no longer be used, he shall prepare and register a new register document in the like form or in the multileaf form (and, if an issue document of title exists in respect of the land, prepare and issue a new issue document also) which shall be in continuation of the subsisting document or documents.
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Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Section 187
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, delete the words “or Land Administrator” wherever they appear.
(2)
Before preparing title in continuation under this section in a case where an issue document of title exists in respect of the land but is not in his hands, the Registrar or Land Administrator shall—
(a)
call for its production as mentioned in paragraph 166(1)(c);
and
(b)
if it is not produced, take the further steps specified in section 168.
(3)
Every document of qualified title prepared pursuant to this section—
(a)
shall be prepared in the name of the person or body last registered as proprietor in the subsisting register document of title;
(b)
shall specify the date on which the land in question was first alienated, the title number originally allotted thereto and (if different) the number of the subsisting register document; and
(c)
shall contain, except in so far as they relate to matters which have ceased to be effective, the like memorials, endorsements and other entries as are contained in the subsisting register document.
(4)
The fees chargeable in connection with the issue of title in continuation under this section shall be payable by the proprietor and, if not sooner paid, shall be added to, and deemed for all the purposes of this Act to form part of, the rent next due in respect of the land.