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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              LANDS REGISTRY ACT, 1962, (ACT 
                                              122)</span></b></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I — REGISTRY OFFICES</span></p>
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                                              1.&nbsp; Offices to be established.</span></p>
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                                              2.&nbsp; Appointment of registrars.</span></p>
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                                              PART II—PRESENTATION OF 
                                              INSTRUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION</span></p>
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                                              3.&nbsp; Instruments registrable.</span></p>
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                                              4.&nbsp; Instruments except wills, to 
                                              describe the land affected.</span></p>
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                                              5.&nbsp; Proof of instruments.</span></p>
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                                              6.&nbsp; Before whom proof must be 
                                              made.</span></p>
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                                              7.&nbsp; Probate and judge's 
                                              certificates.</span></p>
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                                              8.&nbsp; Instruments kept in public 
                                              office in another country.</span></p>
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                                              9.&nbsp; Instruments executed before 
                                              the 24th March, 1883.</span></p>
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                                              PART III—MODE OF REGISTRATION</span></p>
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                                              10.&nbsp; Certificate of registration.</span></p>
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                                              11.&nbsp; Register.</span></p>
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                                              12.&nbsp; Registration of duplicate or 
                                              copy.</span></p>
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                                              13.&nbsp; Numbering and filing of 
                                              duplicates or copies.</span></p>
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                                              14.&nbsp; Endorsed instruments.</span></p>
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                                              15.&nbsp; Replacement of illegible 
                                              instruments.</span></p>
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                                              16.&nbsp; Copies of maps and plans to 
                                              be provided.</span></p>
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                                              17. Books and Registers of 
                                              particulars of instruments to be 
                                              kept.</span></p>
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                                              18.&nbsp; Publication of registered 
                                              instruments.</span></p>
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                                              19.&nbsp; Searches, copies and 
                                              extracts.</span></p>
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                                              PART IV—POWER TO REFUSE 
                                              REGISTRATION</span></p>
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                                              20.&nbsp; Refusal of registration.</span></p>
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                                              21.&nbsp; Notice of grounds of 
                                              objection to register.</span></p>
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                                              22. Formal hearing of application 
                                              for registration.</span></p>
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                                              23. Requirement as to registration 
                                              of instruments showing grantor's 
                                              title.</span></p>
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                                              PART V—CONSEQUENCES OF 
                                              REGISTRATION</span></p>
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                                              24.&nbsp; Registration necessary for 
                                              validity.</span></p>
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                                              25.&nbsp; Registration to be actual 
                                              notice.</span></p>
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                                              26.&nbsp; Priority of instruments.</span></p>
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                                              27.&nbsp; Copies or extracts may be put 
                                              in evidence.</span></p>
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                                              PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              28.&nbsp; Inspection of registers, 
                                              books and records.</span></p>
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                                              29.&nbsp; Protection of registrars.</span></p>
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                                              30.&nbsp; Previously registered 
                                              instruments.</span></p>
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                                              31.&nbsp; Kumasi Lands.</span></p>
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                                              32. Proceedings under Land 
                                              Development (Protection of 
                                              Purchasers) Act, 1960.</span></p>
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                                              33.&nbsp; Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              34.&nbsp; Offences for fraudulent 
                                              transactions.</span></p>
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                                              35.&nbsp; Repeal and saving.</span></p>
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                                              36.&nbsp; Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              37.&nbsp; Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              Forms.</span></p>
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                                              Form A—Oath of grantor</span></p>
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                                              Form B—Oath of grantee or witness</span></p>
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                                              Form C—Endorsement on instrument 
                                              by Officer before whom the oath is 
                                              sworn</span></p>
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                                              Form D—Certificate of proof before 
                                              registrar</span></p>
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                                              Form E—Certificate of proof not 
                                              before registrar</span></p>
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                                              Form F—Certificate of delivery to 
                                              registrar of instrument not proved 
                                              before him</span></p>
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                                              Form G—Monthly list</span></p>
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                                              THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND</span></p>
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                                              ACT</span></p>
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                                              OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 
                                              OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              THE LAND REGISTRY ACT, 1962</span></p>
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                                              AN ACT to consolidate with 
                                              amendments the law relating to the 
                                              registration of instruments 
                                              affecting land.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 14th June, 1962</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:—</span></p>
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                                              PART I—REGISTRY OFFICES</span></p>
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                                              Section 1—Offices to be 
                                              Established.</span></p>
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                                              There shall be a registry office 
                                              at Accra, and at such other place 
                                              or places as the Minister may 
                                              appoint. The Minister may remove 
                                              any office from one place to 
                                              another, and increase or diminish 
                                              the number of offices.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2—Appointment of 
                                              Registrars.</span></p>
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                                              The President shall appoint a 
                                              Chief Registrar of Lands to 
                                              supervise all registry offices, 
                                              and a registrar at each office.</span></p>
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                                              PART II—PRESENTATION OF 
                                              INSTRUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION</span></p>
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                                              Section 3—Instruments 
                                              Registration.</span></p>
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                                              Any instrument may be registered 
                                              under this Act subject to the 
                                              conditions herein contained.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4—Instruments, Except 
                                              Wills, to Describe the Land 
                                              Affected.</span></p>
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                                              No instrument, except a will or 
                                              probate, shall be registered 
                                              unless it contains a description 
                                              (which may be by reference to a 
                                              plan) which, in the opinion of the 
                                              registrar, is sufficient to enable 
                                              the location and boundaries of the 
                                              land to which it relates to be 
                                              identified or a sufficient 
                                              reference to the date and 
                                              particulars of registration of an 
                                              instrument affecting the same land 
                                              and already registered.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5—Proof of Instruments.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Every instrument presented for 
                                              registration (except a will or an 
                                              instrument which may be registered 
                                              without proof under the provisions 
                                              hereinafter contained), shall be 
                                              proved by the oath of the grantor 
                                              or one of the grantors, or of the 
                                              grantee or one of the grantees, or 
                                              of one of the subscribing 
                                              witnesses, to have been duly 
                                              executed by the grantor.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Any original will presented 
                                              for registration shall be proved 
                                              by the oath of one of the 
                                              subscribing witnesses, or, if both 
                                              of them are dead or if from any 
                                              other circumstance an affidavit 
                                              cannot be obtained from either of 
                                              them, by the oath of some other 
                                              person present at the execution of 
                                              the will, or, failing such person, 
                                              by the oath of some person or 
                                              persons who can testify to the 
                                              handwriting of the testator and 
                                              the subscribing witnesses, to have 
                                              been duly executed by the 
                                              testator.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The oath shall also state 
                                              whether the grantor or testator 
                                              could read and write, and , if he 
                                              could not read and write, shall 
                                              state (except in case of a will 
                                              where the deponent was not present 
                                              at its execution) that the 
                                              instrument was read over and 
                                              interpreted to him at the time of 
                                              its execution by him and that he 
                                              appeared to understand its 
                                              provisions.</span></p>
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                                              Schedule.</span></p>
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                                              Form A.</span></p>
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                                              Form B.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The oath required for proving 
                                              an instrument shall be put into 
                                              writing and signed by the deponent 
                                              and filed with the registrar. 
                                              Every registrar may administer the 
                                              oath. The oath may be in the Form 
                                              A or B in the Schedule with such 
                                              variations as circumstances 
                                              require.</span></p>
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                                              Section 6—Before Whom Proof Shall 
                                              be Made.</span></p>
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                                              (1) The proof hereby required 
                                              shall be made as follows—</span></p>
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                                              (a) if the instrument was executed 
                                              in Ghana, before the registrar at 
                                              the office where it is presented 
                                              for registration, or before a 
                                              Judge, District Magistrate, or a 
                                              registrar of the High Court;</span></p>
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                                              (b) if the instrument was executed 
                                              in any Commonwealth country, 
                                              before a Judge, Magistrate, notary 
                                              public, or diplomatic agent or 
                                              consular officer representing or 
                                              acting on behalf of the Republic 
                                              in that country;</span></p>
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                                              (c) if the instrument was executed 
                                              in any other country, before a 
                                              notary public, or diplomatic agent 
                                              or consular officer representing 
                                              or acting on behalf of the 
                                              Republic in that country.</span></p>
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                                              Form E.</span></p>
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                                              (2) An instrument not proved 
                                              before the registrar shall not be 
                                              registered unless it bears a 
                                              certificate as near as may be in 
                                              the Form E in the Schedule 
                                              purporting to be under the hand 
                                              and official seal or private seal 
                                              (if there is no official seal), or 
                                              the hand alone if the person has 
                                              no official or private seal, of 
                                              some one of the persons authorised 
                                              to receive such proof to the 
                                              effect that the instrument has 
                                              been proved.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7—Probate and Judge's 
                                              Certificates.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              probate or a judge's certificate 
                                              may be registered without proof 
                                              upon production thereof to the 
                                              registrar.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8—Instruments Kept in 
                                              Public Office In another Country.</span></p>
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                                              If an instrument be executed in 
                                              any part of the world where by law 
                                              the original is kept in the 
                                              custody of a public officer, a 
                                              copy of the original and the 
                                              certificate of proof thereof, 
                                              certified to be correct by the 
                                              public officer in whose custody 
                                              the original is kept, shall be 
                                              registered in the same manner as 
                                              an original instrument, provided 
                                              the original has been proved in 
                                              accordance with this Act.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9—Instruments Executed 
                                              Before the 24th March, 1883.</span></p>
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                                              The will of a person who died 
                                              before the 24th day of March, 
                                              1883, and any other instrument 
                                              executed before that date, may be 
                                              registered without proof.</span></p>
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                                              PART III—MODE OF REGISTRATION</span></p>
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                                              Section 10—Certificate of 
                                              Registration.</span></p>
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                                              Form D.</span></p>
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                                              Form F. </span></p>
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                                              The registrar at each office shall 
                                              immediately after the proof before 
                                              him of any instrument presented 
                                              for registration, and upon the 
                                              presentation of any instrument 
                                              duly proved before any other 
                                              person, or of any instrument which 
                                              may be registered under this Act 
                                              without proof, place upon the 
                                              instrument a certificate in the 
                                              Form D or F, as the case may be, 
                                              in the Schedule, or as near 
                                              thereto as may be, specifying the 
                                              year, month, day, and hour of the 
                                              proof or presentation, as the case 
                                              may be, of such instrument; and 
                                              the year, month, day, and hour 
                                              specified in the certificate 
                                              shall, if the instrument is 
                                              ultimately registered, be taken to 
                                              be the year, month, day, and hour 
                                              at which the instrument was 
                                              registered.</span></p>
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                                              Section 11—Register.</span></p>
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                                              The registrar shall keep a 
                                              Register, and, subject to the 
                                              exceptions hereinafter stated, 
                                              shall register therein in manner 
                                              hereinafter provided all 
                                              instruments presented to him in 
                                              the prescribed form.</span></p>
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                                              Section 12—Registration of 
                                              Duplicate or Copy.</span></p>
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                                              (1) Registration shall consist in 
                                              filing a duplicate or copy (to be 
                                              provided by the person presenting 
                                              the instrument for registration) 
                                              of the instrument brought for 
                                              registration.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Every duplicate or copy shall 
                                              bear the certificate required by 
                                              section 10 of this Act to be 
                                              placed on the original instrument, 
                                              and also a certificate signed by 
                                              the registrar that such duplicate 
                                              has been compared and verified 
                                              with the original.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The duplicate or copy may be 
                                              printed, written, typewritten, 
                                              photographed or copied by any 
                                              other process.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The registrar may refuse to 
                                              accept any duplicate or copy that 
                                              is made on paper or other material 
                                              which in his opinion is of a size 
                                              unsuitable for filing or of 
                                              insufficient substance to be 
                                              durable, and may refuse to accept 
                                              any duplicate or copy made in a 
                                              way which in his opinion does not 
                                              produce a permanent impression.</span></p>
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                                              Section 13—Numbering and Filing of 
                                              Duplicates or Copies.</span></p>
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                                              The registrar shall number every 
                                              duplicate or copy so filed 
                                              consecutively, and shall file 
                                              duplicates or copies in the order 
                                              in which they are received by him.</span></p>
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                                              Section 14—Endorsed Instruments.</span></p>
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                                              An instrument endorsed on another 
                                              instrument shall not be registered 
                                              without the instrument on which it 
                                              is endorsed, unless the latter 
                                              instrument is already registered.</span></p>
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                                              Section 15—Replacement of 
                                              Illegible Instruments.</span></p>
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                                              If in the opinion of a registrar 
                                              any duplicate or copy of an 
                                              instrument registered in 
                                              accordance with the provisions of 
                                              this Act has deteriorated or 
                                              become illegible or is likely to 
                                              deteriorate or become illegible, 
                                              he may substitute therefor a 
                                              further copy of the original 
                                              instrument or, as the case may be, 
                                              an improved and legible copy of 
                                              the deteriorated or illegible 
                                              duplicate or copy.&nbsp; In every such 
                                              case the registrar shall endorse 
                                              upon the substituted document a 
                                              certificate setting forth the 
                                              circumstances which rendered the 
                                              substitution necessary.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16—Copies of Maps and 
                                              Plans to be Provided.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where a map or plan is comprised 
                                              in or annexed to an instrument, a 
                                              true copy of the map or plan must 
                                              accompany the instrument when 
                                              brought for registration, and 
                                              shall be filed in the register.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17—Books and Registers of 
                                              Particulars of Instruments to be 
                                              Kept.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The registrar shall keep a 
                                              book in which he shall, upon 
                                              registration of any instrument, 
                                              enter the registered number, the 
                                              names of the parties, the date and 
                                              nature of the instrument, and the 
                                              date of registration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Chief Registrar may cause 
                                              registrars to keep such other 
                                              books and registers as he thinks 
                                              fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18—Publication of Lists of 
                                              Registered Instruments.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Form G.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Within ten days after the last day 
                                              of each month the registrar in 
                                              charge of each office shall send 
                                              to the Chief Registrar a complete 
                                              list in the Form G in the 
                                              Schedule, or to that effect, of 
                                              all instruments registered in his 
                                              office during the past month. On 
                                              receipt of these lists the Chief 
                                              Registrar shall within fourteen 
                                              days compile one general list 
                                              which shall be retained in his 
                                              office, and shall send one copy of 
                                              it to the registrar in charge of 
                                              each office and publish the list 
                                              in the Gazette.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19—Searches, Copies and 
                                              Extracts.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              registrar shall, upon application, 
                                              allow searches to be made at all 
                                              reasonable times in any book, 
                                              register or list in his custody, 
                                              and shall upon request give 
                                              certified copies of, or extracts 
                                              from, any entry in any such book, 
                                              register or list or of any 
                                              duplicate or copy of a registered 
                                              instrument filed in his register.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV—POWER TO REFUSE 
                                              REGISTRATION</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20—Refusal of 
                                              Registration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              registrar may, subject to the 
                                              provisions of this Part of this 
                                              Act, refuse to register an 
                                              instrument affecting any 
                                              particular land if—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) he is satisfied that the 
                                              instrument deals with the land or 
                                              part of it in a manner 
                                              inconsistent with an instrument 
                                              previously executed whether by the 
                                              same grantor or some predecessor 
                                              in title or by any other person; 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) on the face of the records the 
                                              grantor does not appear to him to 
                                              be entitled to deal with the land 
                                              as the instrument purports to do; 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the instrument is made in 
                                              contravention of, or is null and 
                                              void by virtue of, any enactment; 
                                              or </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21—Notice of Grounds of 
                                              Objection to Register. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where, on presentation of an 
                                              instrument for registration, the 
                                              registrar is of opinion that there 
                                              may be grounds under paragraph 
                                              (a), (b) or (c) of section 20 of 
                                              this Act for refusal to register 
                                              the instrument he shall notify the 
                                              grantor and the grantee of his 
                                              opinion and the grounds thereof 
                                              giving them three months within 
                                              which to reply to the notice and 
                                              to satisfy the Chief Registrar as 
                                              to the grantor's title to deal 
                                              with the land in the manner 
                                              proposed by the instrument.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where, on presentation of an 
                                              instrument for registration, the 
                                              registrar is of opinion that there 
                                              may be grounds under paragraph 
                                              (a), (b) or (c) of section 20 of 
                                              this Act for refusal to register 
                                              the instrument he shall notify the 
                                              grantor and the grantee of his 
                                              opinion and the grounds thereof 
                                              giving them three months within 
                                              which to reply to the notice and 
                                              to satisfy the Chief Registrar as 
                                              to the grantor's title to deal 
                                              with the land in the manner 
                                              proposed by the instrument.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22—Formal Hearing of 
                                              Application for Registration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where the Chief Registrar 
                                              remains unsatisfied as to the 
                                              title of the grantor to execute 
                                              the instrument he shall notify the 
                                              grantor and grantee of his opinion 
                                              and that, unless the application 
                                              for registration is withdrawn 
                                              within thirty days or such 
                                              extended period, not longer than 
                                              three months as the Chief 
                                              Registrar may for good cause 
                                              allow, he will proceed to deal 
                                              with it in the manner provided by 
                                              this section.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) If the application is not 
                                              withdrawn within the appointed 
                                              time, the Chief Registrar shall 
                                              serve upon the grantor and the 
                                              grantee and upon every person 
                                              whose interest in the land appears 
                                              to him to be affected by the 
                                              instrument, notice of the time and 
                                              place at which he will proceed to 
                                              hear and determine the question 
                                              whether registration of the 
                                              instrument should be refused, and 
                                              shall publish notice of the 
                                              hearing in the Gazette and in some 
                                              newspaper circulating in the area 
                                              in which the land is situated and 
                                              may cause notice thereof to be 
                                              published in such other manner as 
                                              he thinks fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Chief Registrar shall 
                                              proceed to hear and determine the 
                                              question at the time and place 
                                              appointed or at any other time or 
                                              place to which he may adjourn the 
                                              hearing. He shall hear every 
                                              person claiming to be entitled to 
                                              an interest in the land.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The decision of the Chief 
                                              Registrar shall be communicated in 
                                              writing to the grantor and to 
                                              every person represented at the 
                                              hearing and shall be published in 
                                              the same manner as the notice of 
                                              the hearing.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The grantor, the grantee, any 
                                              other party represented at the 
                                              hearing and, by leave of the 
                                              Court, any other person may appeal 
                                              to the High Court from the 
                                              decision of the Chief Registrar.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Subject to rules of court, the 
                                              rules governing appeals from a 
                                              Circuit Court to the High Court in 
                                              civil matters shall apply to the 
                                              appeal.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23—Requirement as to 
                                              Registration of Instruments 
                                              Showing Grantor's Title.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Chief Registrar may, as a 
                                              condition of registration, require 
                                              the grantor to present for 
                                              registration any instruments prior 
                                              to the instrument presented for 
                                              registration which, in the opinion 
                                              of the Chief Registrar, are 
                                              necessary in order to show on the 
                                              face of the register the title of 
                                              the grantor to execute the 
                                              instrument.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the grantor satisfies 
                                              the Chief Registrar as to the 
                                              existence and purport of any such 
                                              prior instrument and that the 
                                              instrument is not within the 
                                              possession, power or control of 
                                              the grantor, the Chief Registrar 
                                              may accept and register, in lieu 
                                              of the instrument, such 
                                              documentary evidence thereof as he 
                                              considers sufficient.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V—CONSEQUENCES OF 
                                              REGISTRATION</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24—Registration necessary 
                                              for Validity.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to subsection (2), of 
                                              this section, an instrument other 
                                              than,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a will, or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a judge's certificate, </span>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              first executed after the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall be 
                                              of no effect until it is 
                                              registered.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Nothing in this Act shall 
                                              operate to prevent any instrument 
                                              which, by virtue of any enactment, 
                                              takes effect from a particular 
                                              date from so taking effect.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25—Registration to be 
                                              Actual Notice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The registration of any 
                                              instrument shall be deemed or 
                                              constitute actual notice of the 
                                              instrument and of the fact of 
                                              registration to all persons and 
                                              for all purposes, as from the date 
                                              of registration, unless otherwise 
                                              provided in any enactment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) This section does not apply to 
                                              a judge's certificate or a 
                                              probate.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26—Priority of 
                                              Instruments.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) An instrument, other than a 
                                              will or judge's certificate, 
                                              whether executed before or after 
                                              the commencement of this Act, 
                                              shall, so far as regards any land 
                                              affected thereby, take effect in 
                                              accordance with this Part of this 
                                              Act as against other instruments 
                                              affecting the same land.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The instrument shall, upon 
                                              registration, take such effect 
                                              from the date of its execution if 
                                              it was presented for registration 
                                              within whichever of the following 
                                              periods is applicable —</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) if executed at the place where 
                                              it is registered, the period of 
                                              fifteen days from its date;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) if executed elsewhere in 
                                              Ghana, the period of sixty days 
                                              from its date;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) if executed abroad, the period 
                                              of three months from its date.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The will of a testator dying 
                                              on or after the 24th day of March, 
                                              1883, shall, so far as regards any 
                                              land affected thereby, take such 
                                              effect from the death of the 
                                              testator if registered within such 
                                              of the following periods as is 
                                              applicable, that is to say,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) in the case of the will of a 
                                              person dying in Ghana, the period 
                                              of two months next after the death 
                                              of the testator;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) in the case of the will of a 
                                              person dying abroad, the period of 
                                              eighteen months next after the 
                                              death of the testator; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              and in any other case, the will 
                                              shall take effect from the date of 
                                              its registration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Every judge's certificate 
                                              shall take such effect in 
                                              accordance with its terms.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) In any other case, the 
                                              instrument shall, except as 
                                              otherwise expressly provided in 
                                              this Part of this Act, take such 
                                              effect from the date of its 
                                              registration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27—Copies or Extracts May 
                                              be Put in Evidence.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every copy or extract or 
                                              certificate of registry purporting 
                                              to be signed by a registrar shall 
                                              be receivable in evidence in any 
                                              Court without further or other 
                                              proof thereof, unless it is proved 
                                              to be a forgery.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The party proposing to use it 
                                              in evidence in a civil case shall 
                                              give notice of his intention in 
                                              writing to the opposite party, and 
                                              at the same time shall deliver to 
                                              him a copy of the copy or extract 
                                              and of the certificate thereon; 
                                              and on proof of the service or on 
                                              admission of the receipt of such 
                                              notice and copy, the certified 
                                              copy or extract shall be received 
                                              in evidence if the Court is of 
                                              opinion that the service has been 
                                              made in sufficient time before the 
                                              hearing to enable the opposite 
                                              party to apply for a search of the 
                                              original book or the register from 
                                              which the copy or extract has been 
                                              taken.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28—Inspection of 
                                              Registers, Books and Records.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The books, registers and records 
                                              in each office shall be inspected 
                                              by a Judge of a superior court at 
                                              such times as the Chief Justice 
                                              shall direct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29—Protection of 
                                              Registrars.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No action shall be brought against 
                                              the Chief Registrar or a registrar 
                                              in respect of anything done or 
                                              omitted to be done by him in good 
                                              faith in the execution or supposed 
                                              execution of his functions under 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30—Previously Registered 
                                              Instruments.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              All instruments duly registered or 
                                              deemed to be duly registered in 
                                              pursuance of any law in force 
                                              prior to the commencement of this 
                                              Act shall be retained by the 
                                              registrars in charge thereof and 
                                              every instrument duly registered 
                                              therein in pursuance of the law 
                                              governing its registration at the 
                                              date of its registration shall be 
                                              deemed to be duly registered under 
                                              this Act and shall continue to 
                                              take effect in accordance with 
                                              that law.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31—Kumasi Lands.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The registers established under 
                                              section 23 of the Kumasi Lands 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 145), shall 
                                              constitute a Register for the 
                                              purposes of this Act of land 
                                              vested in the President in trust 
                                              for the Golden Stool and the 
                                              Kumasi traditional area, and those 
                                              registers, and key maps relating 
                                              to such land, shall be transferred 
                                              to, and kept by, the Chief 
                                              Registrar.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 32—Proceedings Under Land 
                                              Development (Protection of 
                                              Purchasers) Act, 1960.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where proceedings to which the 
                                              Land Development (Protection of 
                                              Purchasers) Act, 1960 (Act 2) and 
                                              the Farm Lands (Protection) Act, 
                                              1962 (Act 107) apply are 
                                              instituted in any Court, the 
                                              registrar of the Court shall give 
                                              notice of the proceedings to the 
                                              Chief Registrar who shall adjourn 
                                              consideration of any matter 
                                              affecting the land which is the 
                                              subject of the proceedings until 
                                              the conclusion of the proceedings.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The registrar of the Court by 
                                              which the proceedings are finally 
                                              disposed of shall send to the 
                                              Chief Registrar a copy of the 
                                              judgment and order of the Court, 
                                              and the Chief Registrar shall make 
                                              such additional entries and make 
                                              such cancellations and alterations 
                                              in the register as may be 
                                              necessary to give full effect 
                                              thereto.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 33—Regulations.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may, by 
                                              legislative instrument, make 
                                              Regulations for carrying into 
                                              effect the purposes of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Without prejudice to the 
                                              generality of subsection (1) the 
                                              regulations may include provisions 
                                              for the charging of fees for any 
                                              services performed under this Act 
                                              and for the regulation of costs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 34—Offences for Fraudulent 
                                              Transactions.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who knowingly —</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) purports to make a grant of a 
                                              piece of land to which he has no 
                                              title; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) purports to make a grant of a 
                                              piece of land without authority; 
                                              or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) makes conflicting grants in 
                                              respect of the same piece of land 
                                              to more than one person, shall be 
                                              guilty of an offence which shall 
                                              be a second degree felony and may, 
                                              in addition to any other 
                                              punishment that may be imposed 
                                              upon him, be liable to pay an 
                                              amount of twice the value of the 
                                              aggregate consideration received 
                                              by him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 35—Repeal and Saving.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Land Registry Ordinance 
                                              (Cap. 133) is hereby repealed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any instrument made under the 
                                              repealed enactment and in force 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act and fees 
                                              and costs in relation to any 
                                              matter for which provision is made 
                                              by this Act shall, until otherwise 
                                              provided by regulations under this 
                                              Act, continue in force.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 36—Interpretation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Ghana&quot; in relation to any time 
                                              prior to the 6th day of March, 
                                              1957, means the territory 
                                              comprised in Ghana on that date;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;grantee&quot; includes every person 
                                              taking or claiming any interest 
                                              under any instrument;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;grantor&quot; includes a vendor, 
                                              donor, mortgagor, lessor, or other 
                                              person conveying, mortgaging, 
                                              charging, or demising land;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;instrument&quot; means any writing 
                                              affecting land situate in Ghana, 
                                              including a judge's certificate 
                                              and a memorandum of deposit of 
                                              title deeds;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;judge's certificate&quot; means a 
                                              certificate of purchase of land 
                                              sold in execution signed by a 
                                              Judge or a District Magistrate, 
                                              and a certificate of title signed 
                                              by a Judge under the State 
                                              Property and Contracts Act, 1960 
                                              (CA 6).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister to 
                                              whom functions under this Act are 
                                              assigned by the President.</span></p>
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                                              Section 37—Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              This Act shall come into operation 
                                              on such day as the Minister may, 
                                              by legislative instrument, 
                                              appoint.</span></p>
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                                              SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              FORM A</span></p>
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                                              (Section 5)</span></p>
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                                              OATH OF GRANTOR</span></p>
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                                              I, A.B.,O......., make oath and 
                                              say that on the ....... day of 
                                              .............. 19..., I duly 
                                              executed the instrument now 
                                              produced to me and marked A, and 
                                              that I can read and write (or, 
                                              cannot read and write and that the 
                                              said instrument was read over and 
                                              interpreted to me by&nbsp; ...... at 
                                              the time of its execution and that 
                                              I understood its provisions).</span></p>
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                                              Sworn at ..............&nbsp; this 
                                              ................. day of 
                                              ................... , 19........</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Before me,&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              FORM B</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Section 5)</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              OATH OF GRANTEE OR WITNESS</span></p>
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                                              I, N.M., of ............ , make 
                                              oath and say that on the 
                                              ..............day of ....... 19&nbsp; , 
                                              I saw A.B., of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; , duly 
                                              execute the instrument now 
                                              produced to me and marked A, and 
                                              that the said A. B. can read and 
                                              write (or, cannot read and write 
                                              and that the said instrument was 
                                              read over and interpreted to him 
                                              by ............. at the time of 
                                              its execution and that he appeared 
                                              to understand its provisions).</span></p>
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                                              Sworn at ................... 
                                              this.................. day of 
                                              .............. , 19 ..........</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Before me,</span></p>
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                                              FORM C</span></p>
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                                              ENDORSEMENT ON INSTRUMENT BY 
                                              OFFICER BEFORE WHOM THE OATH IS 
                                              SWORN</span></p>
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                                              This is the instrument marked A, 
                                              referred to in the oath of 
                                              ......... sworn before me 
                                              this............&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day of 
                                              .................. , 19......</span></p>
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                                              FORM D</span></p>
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                                              (Section 10) </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CERTIFICATE OF PROOF BEFORE 
                                              REGISTRAR</span></p>
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                                              On the................ day of 
                                              ............... ,19...... , at 
                                              ............. o'clock in the 
                                              .................. noon this 
                                              instrument was proved before me by 
                                              the oath of the within 
                                              named.........to have been duly 
                                              executed by the within named.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Registrar.</span></p>
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                                              FORM E</span></p>
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                                              (Section 6)</span></p>
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                                              CERTIFICATE OF PROOF NOT BEFORE 
                                              REGISTRAR</span></p>
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                                              On the ............... day of 
                                              ..............., 19......, at 
                                              .............. o'clock in the 
                                              ........... noon this instrument 
                                              was proved before me by the oath 
                                              of the within named 
                                              .................... to have been 
                                              duly executed by the within named 
                                              ........................</span></p>
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                                              Given under my hand and official 
                                              seal.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              or</span></p>
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                                              Given under my hand and private 
                                              seal, I having no official seal.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Given under my hand, I having no 
                                              official or private seal.</span></p>
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                                              FORM F</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Section 10)</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CERTIFICATE OF DELIVERY TO 
                                              REGISTRAR OF INSTRUMENT NOT PROVED 
                                              BEFORE HIM</span></p>
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                                              This instrument was delivered to 
                                              me for registration by 
                                              ................... of&nbsp; at 
                                              .................o'clock in the 
                                              ...............&nbsp; noon this 
                                              ................. day of 
                                              ................. ,19.....</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Registrar.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FORM G</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (Section 18)</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              MONTHLY LIST</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              o.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Date of 
                                              receipt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nature of 
                                              instrument&nbsp; Situation of 
                                              land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Date of instrument&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Grantor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Grantee&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Party 
                                              registering&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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