Section 380
Correction of errors in documents of title, etc.
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Where the Registrar is satisfied—
(a)
that any document of title has been registered or issued in the wrong name, or contains any misdescription of land or boundaries, or other error or omission; or
(b)
that any memorial or other entry has been made in error on any document of title or other instrument relating to land; or
(c)
that any memorial or other entry made on any such document of title or instrument itself contains any error or omission, he may, subject to subsections (2) and (3), make such correction on the document or interest in question as may be appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
(2)
The State Director may if he thinks fit direct that, in such cases or class or classes of case as may be specified in the direction, the powers conferred by subsection (1) shall not be exercisable in respect of land held under Land Office title, or the corresponding form of qualified title, except with his prior approval.
(3)
The said powers shall not without his prior approval be exercised so as to affect any plan prepared by or on behalf of the Director of Survey and Mapping, except in cases where he has taken action under section 396a.
(4)
The Registrar shall maintain for the purposes of this section a book, to be called the “Correction Note-book”, in which he shall record details of all corrections made by him thereunder.