126. Compulsory acquisition of registered land
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land
“land” means the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, and all substances thereunder, and so much of the column of air above the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest in land and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto. Subject to any provision to the contrary the proprietorship of land includes natural rights to air, light, water and support and the right of access to any highway on which the land abuts;
Where registered land has been acquired by any public authority otherwise than by purchase or agreement, an instrument of acquisition in the prescribed form, executed by that authority or by some proper officer appointed by the authority in that behalf, may be lodged with the Registrar.
registered land
“registered land” means land which has been brought under the provisions of this Act by being included in a folio of the land-register;
The Registrar shall not be concerned to inquire into the regularity or validity of the acquisition, but upon registration thereof the estate or interest acquired shall vest in the public authority according to the tenor of the instrument of acquisition.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed pursuant to this Act.
On registration of an instrument of acquisition, the Registrar shall cancel the registration of any mortgage, charge or lease thereby overreached and shall, if so requested, cancel the folio of the land-register (and the duplicate folio thereof if produced for that purpose) and shall create a new folio for the estate or interest thereby acquired.
duplicate
“duplicate”, in relation to the land-register, includes any authorised form of duplication or reproduction;
Whenever a public authority that has become proprietor of registered land so requests, the Registrar shall endorse on the relevant folio of the land-register a notification to the effect that the land has become vested in the Government as State land, and has ceased to be subject to the provisions of this Act.[122