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1 | Short Title and commencement | |
2 | Interpretation | |
2AA | Transitional, savings, and related provisions | |
2A | Act binds the Crown | |
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3 | Land registration districts | |
4 | Registrar-General of Land | |
5 | Delegation of Registrar’s powers and duties | |
6 | Registrar to have seal of office | |
7 | Barristers or solicitors only to be appointed to certain offices [Repealed] | |
8 | Officers to be subject to regulations of Public Service [Repealed] | |
9 | Registrar to have and use seal of office [Repealed] | |
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10 | What lands subject to this Act | |
11 | Special provision as to land under Maori Land Act | |
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12 | Issue of certificate of title in lieu of Crown grant | |
13 | Particulars to be specified in warrant | |
14 | Certificate may be issued to person claiming through person named in warrant | |
15 | Certificate to issue subject to existing encumbrances | |
16 | Warrant for certificate of title not required in certain cases | |
17 | Warrant to fix antevesting date | |
18 | Reservation of road by warrant | |
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19 | How land may be brought under Act | |
20 | By whom applications may be made | |
21 | Applicant to surrender title deeds | |
22 | Procedure on application [Repealed] | |
23 | Notice of application to be gazetted | |
24 | If applicant is original grantee, notice may be dispensed with | |
25 | When Registrar may reject application or order service of notices | |
26 | Notice of application to be posted in an appropriate office of the Registrar | |
27 | If no caveat lodged, Registrar may bring land under Act | |
28 | In case of failure to serve notice, time may be extended | |
29 | Application may be withdrawn by consent of persons interested | |
30 | Disposition of previous title deeds on issue of certificate of title | |
31 | Reversion on lease not extinguished by bringing land under Act | |
32 | Registration of Crown grant under Deeds Registration Act not necessary | |
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33 | Registrar to keep register | |
34 | When instruments deemed registered | |
35 | Registered proprietor | |
36 | Instruments to be in duplicate | |
37 | Priority according to time of registration | |
38 | Registration procedure | |
39 | Contents of memorial | |
40 | Memorial to be recorded on duplicate grant or other instrument | |
41 | Instruments not effectual until entry in register | |
42 | Informal instruments not to be registered | |
43 | Where instrument lodged not in order for registration | |
44 | Registrar may dispense with duplicate instruments | |
45 | Certified copies of register to be evidence | |
45A | Registrar may issue search copies | |
46 | Register to be open for search | |
47 | Presentation of instruments for registration | |
48 | Where boundaries of district altered, copies of original registers to be evidence [Repealed] | |
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49 | Registration through district agents [Repealed] | |
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50 | Until register duly constituted, land to be provisionally registered | |
51 | When register duly constituted, provisional register to be closed | |
52 | Entries in provisional register to be evidence of title | |
53 | Special provisions as to Canterbury educational reserves | |
54 | Application of Act to provisional registration | |
55 | No dealings to be registered until payment of fees [Repealed] | |
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56 | High Court may investigate cases of lost instruments | |
57 | Court may order claimant to be registered as proprietor | |
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58 | Interests outstanding to be notified in register | |
59 | Interests registered under Deeds Registration Act to be recognised | |
60 | Claims for loss through neglect of claimant to register | |
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61 | Persons jointly registered to be joint tenants | |
62 | Estate of registered proprietor paramount | |
63 | Registered proprietor protected against ejectment | |
64 | Title guaranteed to registered proprietor | |
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65 | Registered proprietor entitled to certificate of title | |
66 | Certificates of title in respect of leasehold interests | |
67 | Existing encumbrances to be noted in certificate | |
68 | Certificate, how to be dated | |
69 | How memorial of easement to be recorded | |
70 | Removal of easements and profits à prendre from register | |
71 | Removal of fencing covenants from title | |
72 | Tenants in common entitled to separate certificates | |
73 | Issue of certificate may be withheld in certain cases | |
74 | Certificate issued in name of deceased person not void | |
75 | Certificate to be evidence of proprietorship | |
76 | Instruments executed by person not actually registered | |
77 | No right to public road or reserve where unauthorised registration | |
78 | Certificate not to be impeached | |
79 | Certificate void in certain cases | |
80 | Errors in register may be corrected | |
81 | Surrender of instrument obtained through fraud, etc | |
82 | Person failing to surrender instrument may be summoned to court | |
83 | Person refusing to surrender instrument may be committed to prison | |
84 | Issue of new certificate of title, etc | |
85 | Court may order former certificate of title to be cancelled | |
86 | Single certificate in place of several or several in place of 1 | |
87 | Issue of provisional certificate in case of loss of original | |
88 | Provision in case of lost lease or mortgage | |
89 | Issue of certificate of title on sale for non-payment of rates | |
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89A | Application by adjoining owners for title to access strip | |
89B | Where proprietor of any contiguous allotment not a party to application | |
89C | How application dealt with | |
89D | Issue of title to access strip | |
89E | Conditions applying when certificate of title issued for access strip | |
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90 | Transfers and creation of easements, etc, by registered proprietor | |
90A | Creation and surrender of easements by easement instrument | |
90B | Creation and surrender of easements on deposit of plan | |
90C | Variation of easements | |
90D | Rights and powers implied in certain easements | |
90E | General provisions relating to easements | |
90F | Creating and noting land covenants | |
91 | New certificate to transferee unnecessary if whole of land transferred | |
92 | Certificate to be cancelled on transfer of portion of land only | |
93 | New certificates to be issued for portion transferred and for balance | |
94 | Certificate for balance not transferred may remain valid | |
95 | Estates for life, or in reversion, or remainder | |
96 | Implied covenant in transfer of equity of redemption [Repealed] | |
97 | Transfer of lease or mortgage | |
98 | Implied covenants in transfer of lease [Repealed] | |
99 | Memorandum of vesting order to be entered on register | |
99A | Vesting by statute | |
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99B | Forms for instruments available for adoption by other enactments | |
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100 | Mortgage to take effect as security only | |
101 | Forms of mortgage | |
102 | Variation of mortgage terms | |
103 | Variation of priority of mortgages | |
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104 | Application of purchase money [Repealed] | |
105 | Transfer by mortgagee | |
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106 | Mortgagee may, after default, enter into possession [Repealed] | |
107 | Mortgagee may distrain on tenant to the amount of his rent [Repealed] | |
108 | Mortgagee to have remedies of a lessor for recovery of premises [Repealed] | |
109 | Mortgagee to have custody of instrument of title | |
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110 | Mortgagee of leasehold after entry liable for rent [Repealed] | |
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111 | Discharge of mortgage | |
112 | Discharge of mortgage where remedies thereunder are statute barred | |
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113 | On death of annuitant, discharge of annuity may be entered | |
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114 | Submortgages | |
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115 | Form and registration of leases | |
116 | Variation of lease | |
117 | Bringing down encumbrances on registration of new lease | |
118 | Covenant for right of purchase | |
118A | Bringing down encumbrances when lessee acquires fee simple | |
119 | Lease not binding on mortgagee without consent | |
120 | Surrender of lease | |
121 | Re-entry by lessor | |
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121A | Interpretation | |
121B | Issue of share certificates | |
121C | Registration of licence to occupy | |
121D | Registrar may require plan | |
121E | Registration of instruments against licence | |
121F | Effect of registration of licence | |
121G | Mortgage of licence | |
121H | Mortgagee to have custody of licence and share certificate | |
121I | Consent of mortgagee required on disposal of licence or shares | |
121J | Restrictions on cancellation, etc, of licence | |
121K | Registration of cancellation, etc, of licence | |
121L | Bringing down of mortgage on new licence | |
121M | Registration of transfer of licence or new licence | |
121N | Transfer of shares on exercise of power of sale by mortgagee of licence | |
121O | Priority of replacement mortgage over land of company | |
121P | Service of notices | |
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122 | Person claiming under transmission may apply to have same registered | |
123 | Procedure on application for transmission | |
124 | Caveat may be entered on behalf of beneficiaries under will or settlement [Repealed] | |
125 | Transmission to mortgagee on bankruptcy of lessee | |
126 | Transmission to lessor in default of mortgagee applying | |
127 | Particulars of marriage of female proprietor to be registered [Repealed] | |
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128 | No entry of trusts to be made on register except as authorised | |
129 | Trusts of public reserves and other public lands | |
130 | Transferor may apply for entry of “No survivorship” on register | |
131 | Trustees registered as joint proprietors may similarly apply | |
132 | Effect of entry | |
133 | Procedure for obtaining order | |
134 | Registrar may be nominated trustee [Repealed] | |
135 | Beneficiary may use name of trustee in prosecuting or defending action | |
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136 | Caveat against bringing land under Act | |
137 | Caveat against dealings with land under Act | |
138 | Particulars to be stated in caveat [Repealed] | |
139 | Service of notices as to caveats [Repealed] | |
140 | Effect of caveat against bringing land under Act | |
141 | Effect of caveat against dealings | |
142 | Notices to be given to persons affected | |
143 | Procedure for removal of caveat | |
144 | Lapse of caveat against bringing land under Act | |
145 | Lapse of caveat against dealings | |
145A | Early lapse of caveat against dealings | |
146 | Person entering caveat without due cause liable for damages | |
147 | Caveat may be withdrawn | |
147A | Electronic registration with caveator’s consent subject to rights of caveator | |
148 | No second caveat may be entered | |
148A | Registrar not required to verify caveator’s entitlement to estate or interest claimed | |
148B | Registrar’s powers if caveat does not comply with this Act | |
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149 | Power of attorney not invalidated by bringing land under Act | |
150 | Registered proprietor may deal with land by attorney | |
151 | Power of attorney to be deposited with Registrar | |
152 | Revocation of power of attorney | |
153 | Seal unnecessary | |
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154 | Covenants for further assurance implied | |
155 | Short forms of covenant | |
155A | Incorporation of provisions contained in registered or prescribed memorandum | |
156 | Action for breach of covenant | |
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156A | Interpretation | |
156B | Transferors and transferees must provide tax statement stating that transfer non-notifiable or providing tax information | |
156C | Content of tax statement | |
156D | Omissions and errors | |
156E | Offence to provide false or misleading tax information | |
156F | Chief executive must supply tax information to Commissioner of Inland Revenue | |
156G | Other provisions concerning use of tax information | |
156H | Certifier and chief executive must hold tax statement and provide copies | |
156I | Status of tax information | |
156J | Disclosure of information between authorised persons | |
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157 | Paper instruments to be executed | |
158 | When instruments deemed to be attested [Repealed] | |
159 | Questions to attesting witness, and certificate thereon [Repealed] | |
160 | Acknowledgment by party to instrument, and certificate thereon [Repealed] | |
161 | Execution of documents by corporation [Repealed] | |
162 | Unincorporated building societies [Repealed] | |
163 | Instruments as evidence | |
164 | Correctness of instrument to be certified | |
164A | Certification | |
164B | Who may give certification | |
164C | Retention of evidence and audit of certifications | |
164D | Requirements about execution do not apply if certification given | |
164E | Effect of certification | |
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165 | Governments of other countries may be registered as proprietors of land | |
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166 | Verification of instruments executed out of New Zealand | |
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167 | Plans to be deposited in certain cases | |
167A | Deposit documents | |
168 | Deposit not to operate as dedication of roads | |
169 | Land taken for roads to be defined on register | |
170 | Cost of survey for correction of plans, etc | |
171 | Surveyor-General or person authorised by him may enter land [Repealed] | |
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172 | Compensation for mistake or misfeasance of Registrar | |
172A | Compensation for loss occurring after search and before registration | |
173 | Notice of action to be served on Attorney-General and Registrar-General | |
174 | Liability of plaintiff for costs | |
175 | Recovery of compensation paid and costs in case of fraud | |
176 | Judgment against absconders, etc | |
177 | Recovery of judgment against absconders, etc | |
178 | Crown not liable in certain cases | |
179 | Measure of damages | |
180 | Limitation of actions against the Crown | |
181 | Plaintiffs to be nonsuited if laches proved | |
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182 | Purchaser from registered proprietor not affected by notice | |
183 | No liability on bona fide purchaser or mortgagee | |
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184 | Interpretation | |
185 | All private General land to be brought under this Act | |
186 | Application to bring land under this Act deemed to be made | |
187 | Applications to be dealt with as voluntary applications under this Act | |
188 | Special provisions as to applications under this Part | |
189 | Registrar may require surrender of instruments affecting title | |
190 | Registrar may issue ordinary or limited certificate of title | |
191 | Definition and form of limited certificate | |
192 | Notices of issue of certificate of title to be given | |
193 | Registrar’s minutes of defects found in titles | |
194 | Searching of Registrar’s minutes | |
195 | Limited certificate of title may be made ordinary | |
196 | Ordinary certificate of title not to issue till title good | |
197 | Registrar may require proof that estate of registered proprietor of limited title not extinguished | |
198 | Memorials on limited certificate of title to be evidence | |
199 | Application of Act to limited certificate of title | |
200 | Applications by persons claiming title adverse to that of proprietor under limited certificate | |
201 | No right of action by proprietor under limited certificate against the Crown or the Registrar-General in certain cases | |
202 | No dealings to be registered in certain cases | |
203 | Title to estate less than freehold evidenced by limited certificate | |
204 | When interests excepted from guarantee extinguished | |
205 | Caveats in respect of applications under this Part | |
206 | Trustees without power to sell | |
207 | Restrictions on issue of ordinary certificate of title | |
208 | Registrar may amend description of land in limited certificate of title | |
209 | No action against Crown in certain cases | |
210 | Registration of deeds affecting land subject to this Part | |
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211 | Registrar may require production of instruments, etc | |
212 | Not producing instruments when required by Registrar | |
213 | Authority to destroy instruments of title after 20 years [Repealed] | |
214 | Transfer of instruments, etc, to libraries and museums [Repealed] | |
215 | Registrar may require indemnity for costs | |
215A | Records becoming obliterated, etc | |
215B | Register folium lost, etc | |
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216 | Review by Registrar of decision | |
217 | Notice to Registrar to appear | |
218 | Hearing of appeal | |
219 | Expenses of appeal | |
220 | Registrar-General to decide between Registrar and Examiner of Titles [Repealed] | |
221 | Primary appeal to Registrar-General if Registrar and Examiner the same person [Repealed] | |
222 | Registrar-General may submit questions to Court of Appeal | |
223 | Procedure | |
224 | Rules of procedure | |
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225 | Fraudulently procuring certificate of title, etc | |
226 | Other offences under Act | |
227 | Summary trial of indictable offences [Repealed] | |
228 | Prosecution of offences | |
228A | Fraudulent removal, destruction, etc, of records | |
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229 | Power of Registrar-General to license persons as landbrokers [Repealed] | |
230 | Restrictions on licensing of landbrokers [Repealed] | |
231 | Bond required before grant of licence [Repealed] | |
232 | Licences may be revoked [Repealed] | |
233 | Acting without licence [Repealed] | |
234 | Making unlawful charges [Repealed] | |
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235 | Fees or charges | |
236 | Regulations | |
237 | When paper instrument is in acceptable form | |
238 | Content of paper forms | |
239 | Description of person to include personal representative | |
240 | How Registrar gives public notice | |
240A | Specifications by Registrar | |
240B | Notice by Registrar to particular persons | |
240C | Notices to Registrar | |
240D | When notices taken to be delivered | |
241 | Registrar not obliged to produce registers or attend court | |
242 | Persons qualified to take declarations | |
243 | Personal liability | |
244 | Property Law Act 1952 to be subject to this Act [Repealed] | |
245 | Repeals and savings | |
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