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National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Trusts

385. Official searches

(1)

Any person or body may apply to the Registrar for an official search in respect of any land.

(2)

Any such application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee, and the Registrar shall, as soon as may be after the receipt thereof, issue to the applicant a certificate of search under his hand and seal—

(a)

specifying the person or body for the time being registered as proprietor of the land and, if he is registered as such as trustee or as representative, indicating that fact;

(b)

summarizing, so far as they relate to matters which are still effective, all memorials and other entries on the register document of title thereto;

(ba)

specifying the express conditions and restrictions in interest to which the land is subject;

(c)

indicating whether, at the time of issue of the certificate

(which shall be precisely stated therein)—

(i)

any instrument of dealing has been presented for registration on the register document of title to the land;

(ii)

any application for the endorsement or entry of any matter on that document has been made under Chapter 7 of Part Eighteen, Chapter 1 of

Part Nineteen, Chapter 2 of Part Twenty-one or

Part Twenty-two; and

(iii)

a copy of any prohibitory or other order relating to the land or any share or interest therein has been presented to or served on the Registrar pursuant to the provisions of this Act or any other written law for the time being in force.

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Terms defined in s 5

dealing
Defined · s 5
“dealing” means any transaction with respect to alienated land effected under the powers conferred by Division IV, and any like transaction effected under the provisions of any previous land law, but does not include any caveat or prohibitory order;
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entry
Defined · s 5
“entry”, in relation to any document of title, includes any endorsement, memorial, note or other entry thereon, and any plan attached thereto;
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land
Defined · s 5
“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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prescribed
Defined · s 5
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the State Authority under section 14;
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proprietor
Defined · s 5
“proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;
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register document of title
Defined · s 5
“register document of title” means any document registered, or prepared for registration, under this Act and evidencing or, as the case may be, intended to evidence title to land, and any document evidencing title to land registered before the commencement of this Act under the provisions of any previous land law;
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registered
Defined · s 5
“registered” means registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act or of any previous land law;
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Registrar
Defined · s 5
“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;
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Report

Read on from s 386

Chapter 2

Deposited plans

Read on from Chapter 2

385. Official searches

Terms defined in s 5

Deposited plans

Schedules