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Section 338

Lapse of prohibitory order by expiry of time

of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)

ActIn forceProvision 320 of 391
Section 338

(1)

Every prohibitory order shall, unless its duration is extended by an order made pursuant to rules of court, lapse at the expiry of six months from the date on which it was made or at the end of such other period as may be specified by rules of court.

(2)

An order extending a prohibitory order shall not have effect unless a copy of the order is presented for registration before the time at which the prohibitory order to which it relates would, but for the extension, have lapsed.

(3)

A note of the extension of any prohibitory order shall be endorsed by the Registrar on the register document of title; and the Registrar may of his own motion, and shall on the application of any interested person or body, cancel the entry on any register document of any prohibitory order which has lapsed by virtue of this section.

(4)

Every endorsement or cancellation under subsection (3)

shall be signed and sealed.

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