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Transfer of land and other property.
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28.— (1) On the establishment day—
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(a) land that immediately before that day was vested in the Minister, the Minister for Finance or the Commissioners of Public Works and is designated by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, for use solely for purposes related to the Authority's functions, and
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(b) any rights, powers and privileges relating to or connected with the land,
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stand vested in the Authority, without any conveyance or assignment, for the estate or interest therein that immediately before the establishment day was vested in any of the persons referred to in paragraph (a), but subject to any trusts and equities then affecting the land.
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(2) On the establishment day, property other than land, including any chose in action, that immediately before that day was being used in connection with a function of the Registrar of Deeds or Registrar of Titles or Registrar of Deeds and Titles corresponding to a function of the Authority stands vested in the Authority without any assignment.
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(3) A chose in action vested in the Authority under subsection (2) may, on and after the establishment day, be sued on, recovered or enforced by or against the Authority in its own name, and the Authority or the Minister need not give notice of the vesting to any person bound by the chose in action.
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(4) On the establishment day, documents and records that were held by the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds immediately before that day stand vested in the Authority.
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(5) The Minister may, and shall on application by the Authority, issue a certificate that specified property is property to which this section applies or does not apply.
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(6) In any proceedings a certificate purporting to be so issued is admissible, without further proof, as evidence of the matters stated in it.
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