127. Sale of land for revenue or rates
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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;
Part I of the Land Revenue Collection Act [Cap. 155];
section 39 of the Property Tax Act [Cap. 254]; or
section 67 of the Local Government Integration Act [Cap. 166],the Collector of Land Revenue, the Comptroller of Property Tax or the Director-General of Public Works, as the case may be, may execute a transfer in the prescribed form, and neither the purchaser of the land nor the Registrar shall be concerned to inquire whether the provisions of the relevant Act relating to the sale or transfer have been complied with, nor otherwise to inquire into the regularity or validity of the sale or transfer.
Upon registration of that transfer, the land shall vest in the transferee for the estate therein set forth, freed and discharged from all trusts, obligations, estates, interests, charges and rates that have not been entered in the memorandum of prior encumbrances in the transfer, but subject to any exceptions and reservations in the Crown or State grant.
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 the duplicate folio of the land-register is not presented with the transfer, the Registrar shall cancel the existing folio and shall create a new folio in favour of the transferee.
duplicate
“duplicate”, in relation to the land-register, includes any authorised form of duplication or reproduction;
Section 14(1), (2) and (4) of the Land Revenue Collection Act [Cap. 155] does not apply to transfers in pursuance of this section.[123