National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 1 · Caveats
320. Circumstances in which Registrar’s caveats may be entered
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (2), a Registrar’s caveat may be entered in respect of any land wherever such appears to the
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;
Registrar to be necessary or desirable—
for the prevention of fraud or improper dealing; or
for protecting the interests of—
the Federation or the State Authority, or
any person who is in his opinion under the disability of minority, mental disorder or unsoundness of mind, or is shown to his satisfaction to be absent from the Federation; or
for securing that the land will be available to satisfy the whole or part of any debt due to the Federation or the State Authority, whether such debt is secured or unsecured and whether or not judgment thereon has been obtained; or
by reason of some error appearing to him to have been made in the register or issue document of title to the land or any other instrument relating thereto.
Knowledge by the Registrar of the fact that any land or interest therein has been acquired, or is to be held, by any person or body in a fiduciary capacity shall not of itself constitute a ground for entering a Registrar’s caveat in respect of that 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;
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