National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 6 · Cancellation of registration
314. Cancellation of charges discharged by payment
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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;
shall cancel in accordance with the following provisions of this section the memorial of registration of any charge which has been discharged by payment to him under section 279; and
may, on the application of any proprietor, lessee or sublessee, cancel in accordance with those provisions the memorial of registration of any charge alleged therein to have been discharged by payment to the chargee.
Any application under paragraph (1)(b)—
shall be in Form 18b;
shall be accompanied by the document containing the copy of the memorial or, where not so accompanied, by a statement of the reason therefor; and
shall either be accompanied by a certificate of payment in Form 18c or be supported by such evidence as the
Registrar may require to satisfy himself that all sums secured by the charge have been duly paid.
On cancelling any memorial of registration pursuant to this section, the Registrar shall endorse against it, and on the original charge, a statement that the land or interest to which the charge relates has been discharged by payment.
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The Registrar shall also, wherever possible, cancel the copy memorial of registration, and make the like endorsements against it and on the duplicate charge, and shall accordingly, as soon as may be after complying with subsection (3), take such action as may be appropriate for securing the production of the said duplicate and, if not already in his hands, the document containing the said copy memorial.
The cancelling of any memorial pursuant to this section shall not affect any personal liability of the chargor under the charge in question.
All endorsements made under this section shall be signed, sealed and dated.