Section 292
Instruments capable of being registered, and method of presentation therefor
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
The following instruments may be registered under this
Part, and may be presented to the Registrar for that purpose in accordance with subsection (2):
(a)
any transfer under Part Fourteen of land, of an undivided share in land, or of any lease, sublease or charge;
(b)
any lease, sublease or surrender thereof under Part Fifteen;
(c)
any charge, discharge or instrument of postponement under Part Sixteen;
(d)
any certificate of sale under Part Sixteen; and
(e)
any instrument granting or releasing any easement under
Part Seventeen.
(2)
Any such instrument may be so presented either by lodging it at the Registry or, as the case may be, Land Office, or by despatching it to the Registrar by prepaid post; and the time of presentation shall, in the case of any instrument presented by post, be taken as the time at which it is withdrawn from its cover in the Registry or Land Office.
(3)
The Registrar shall note the time of presentation on any such instrument forthwith.
(4)
The death of any person by or on behalf of whom any instrument of dealing has been executed shall not affect the validity thereof, and any such instrument may, accordingly, be presented for registration under this Part as if the death had not occurred.
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Lodgement of instrument in electronic form 292a. (1) The Minister may, with the approval of the National
Land Council by order published in the Gazette of the
Federation, make such modification relating to any provision of this Act to facilitate lodgement of any such instrument in electronic form.
(2)
In this section, “modifications” includes amendments, additions, deletions, substitutions, adaptations, and non-application of any provision.