National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 1 · Creation of charges, and general provisions relating thereto
244. Custody of issue document of title or duplicate lease
Feedback & supportA first chargee of any land or lease shall, as between himself and the proprietor or lessee for the time being, and subject to any agreement to the contrary, be entitled to the custody of the issue document of title to the land or, as the case may be, duplicate lease so long as any liability subsists under the charge.
A chargee having the custody of any issue document of title or duplicate lease shall, on the written request of the proprietor or lessee, and within such reasonable period as is specified in the request, produce the same at any Registry or Land Office so specified for any purpose for which it is required under any provision of this Act.
issue document of title
“issue document of title” means any document prepared for issue to the proprietor of any land (whether under this Act or under the provisions of any previous land law), being a copy of, or an extract from, the register document of title relating thereto;
The costs properly incurred by any chargee in complying with any such request shall be payable by the proprietor or lessee on demand and, if demanded in writing and not sooner paid, shall be added to, and deemed for all the purposes of this Act to form part of, the first payment due under the charge after the date of the demand.
proprietor
“proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;
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