87. Form of documents for Land Office title

Terms defined in s 5

• Director of Survey and Mapping

  Director of Survey and Mapping

  Defined · s 5

  “Director of Survey and Mapping” means the Director of Survey and Mapping of the State appointed under section 12, and includes a Deputy Director of Survey and Mapping appointed thereunder;

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• Form

  Form

  Defined · s 5

  “Form”, followed by a number and letter, means the form in the First Schedule identified by that number and letter;

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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

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  “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 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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• Mukim grant

  Mukim grant

  Defined · s 5

  “Mukim grant” means a register document of title in Form 5d (that is to say, in the form appropriate under this Act to land held under Land Office title in perpetuity)…

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• Mukim lease

  Mukim lease

  Defined · s 5

  “Mukim lease” means a register document of title in Form 5e (that is to say, in the form appropriate under this Act to land held under Land Office title for a term of years);

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• Mukim Register

  Mukim Register

  Defined · s 5

  “Mukim Register” means any register maintained under section 159;

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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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