85. Register and issue documents of title

Terms defined in s 5

• final title

  final title

  Defined · s 5

  “final title” means Registry title, Land Office title and subsidiary title (that is to say, all forms of title other than qualified title);

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• issue document of title

  issue document of title

  Defined · s 5

  “issue document of title” means any document prepared for issue to the proprietor of any land (whether under this Act or under the provisions of any previous land law), being a copy of, or an extract from, the register document of title relating thereto;

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• land

  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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• Land Administrator

  Land Administrator

  Defined · s 5

  “Land Administrator” means a Land Administrator appointed under section 12, and includes an Assistant Land Administrator appointed thereunder; and, in relation to any land, references to the Land Administrator, or any Assistant Land Administrator, having jurisdiction in the district or subdistrict in which the land is situated;

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• Land Office title

  Land Office title

  Defined · s 5

  “Land Office title” means title evidenced by a Mukim grant or Mukim lease, or by any document of title registered in a Land Office under the provisions of any previous land law;

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• lot

  lot

  Defined · s 5

  “lot” means any surveyed piece of land to which a lot number has been assigned by the Director of Survey and Mapping;

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• proprietor

  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

  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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• Registrar

  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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• Registry title

  Registry title

  Defined · s 5

  “Registry title” means title evidenced by a grant or a State lease, or by any document of title registered in a Registry under the provisions of any previous land law;

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