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Long Title

Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II ESTABLISHMENT OF LAND TITLES REGISTRY

Part III INITIAL REGISTRATION OF TITLES

Division 1 — Bringing land under the Act on alienation

Division 2 — Applications and schemes to bring land under this Act

Division 3 — Qualified titles and caveats

Part IV REGISTRATION

Part V EFFECT OF REGISTRATION

Division 1 — Indefeasibility and priority

Division 2 — No title by adverse possession

Part VI INSTRUMENTS

Part VII TRANSFERS

Part VIII MORTGAGES AND CHARGES

Division I — Mortgages of registered land

Division 2 — Common law mortgages notified on on land-register

Part IX LEASES

Part X EASEMENTS

Part XI TRANSMISSIONS

Part XII CAVEATS

Part XIII WRITS AND ORDERS OF COURT

Part XIV RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

Part XV STATUTORY ACQUISITION AND SALE

Part XVI POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Part XVII CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

Part XVIII SEARCHES AND CERTIFIED COPIES

Part XIX MISCELLANEOUS

THE SCHEDULE Part I

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 25/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 25/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 25/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 31/07/2004.
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Priority determined by order of registration
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—(1)  Except as provided in subsection (2) and section 27(6), interests appearing in the land-register shall have priority according to the order of their registration or notification, irrespective of the dates of the instruments by which those interests were created or are evidenced.
(2)  Where an instrument was materially amended for compliance with the requirements of the Registrar, the priority of that instrument shall be determined by reference to the date of its rectification and acceptance as being in order for registration in the Land Titles Registry.
(3)  Subject to section 11, interests notified on the folio may include mortgages, charges (including statutory charges) and leases registered in the Registry of Deeds.
(4)  Any interest registered or notified in the land-register may, by an instrument of postponement in the approved form, be postponed to any other interest so registered or notified.
(5)  Upon registration of an instrument of postponement, the interests of the parties concerned shall rank in priority in the order therein expressed except that no person holding any registered or notified interest shall be bound by such postponement unless he is a party or has consented thereto.
(6)  An instrument of postponement may relate to the whole or any part of the land affected by the interest postponed.