Registration of Title Act, 1964

PART III

Registration of Ownership

Compulsory Registration

Compulsory registration.

23.—(1) The registration of the ownership of freehold land shall be compulsory in the following cases—

(a) where the land has been, or is deemed to have been, at any time sold and conveyed to or vested in any person under any of the provisions of the Land Purchase Acts or the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1962;

(b) where the land is acquired, after the commencement of this Act, by a statutory authority;

(c) in any case to which subsection (2) of section 24 applies.

(2) The registration of the ownership of a leasehold interest shall be compulsory in the following cases—

(a) where the interest is acquired, after the commencement of this Act, by a statutory authority;

(b) in any case to which subsection (2) of section 24 applies.

(3) The provisions of this Act in relation to registration of ownership do not apply to an estate or interest in reversion, remainder or expectancy.