35. Land to devolve on death as chattels real

All land shall, so far as regards the transmission and devolution thereof on the death of any person in whom it is vested, whether beneficially or on any trust or by way of mortgage, be deemed to be of the nature of chattels real, and accordingly all the like powers for one only of several joint personal representatives, as well as for a single personal representative, and for all the personal representatives together, to dispose of and otherwise deal with the land, shall belong to the deceased’s personal representatives or representative from time to time, with all the like incidents, but subject to all the like rights, equities and obligations as if the land were a chattel real vesting in them or him, and for the purposes of this section the personal representatives for the time being of the deceased shall be deemed in law his heirs and assigns within the meaning of all trusts and powers.

No sale or mortgage of land belonging to the estate of a deceased person shall be made by the legal personal representative of that person after the expiration of 6 years from his death unless with the sanction of the court, or unless the sale or mortgage is made in pursuance of a power of sale or trust for sale or mortgage which is expressly contained in or may be implied from the terms of the will of the deceased.

This section shall apply to cases of death either before, on or after 1 August 1886.