Clause 3

Where a grant or lease has been issued under this Act, or a certificate has been issued by the Collector of Land Revenue under section 8, 8A or 8B of the Land Titles Act (Cap. 276), to a person who, unknown to the Collector of Land Revenue, was not alive at the date of the issue of the grant or lease or Collector’s certificate and pursuant to the issue of such grant, lease or certificate the Registrar of Titles has issued a certificate of title to the deceased person —

an application may be made by the personal representative of the said deceased person to the Registrar of Titles to have the certificate of title duly amended and endorsed with the name of the said personal representative as the registered proprietor of the land comprised therein in place of the said deceased person; and

the Registrar of Titles, if he is satisfied that the personal representative has obtained a grant of probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate of the deceased person or has been vested with authority to act as such personal representative, as the case may be, shall make the appropriate amendment and endorsement on the certificate of title, and the State grant or lease affected, and thereupon section 98 of the Land Titles Act (Cap. 276) shall apply mutatis mutandis.(2) For the purposes of this section, “personal representative” includes —

an executor, whether original or by representation; or

an administrator; or

a trustee,for the time being of the estate of a deceased person.”.