27. Land-register as evidence
Feedback & supportEvery folio of the land-register duly authenticated under the hand and seal of the Registrar shall be received in all courts as evidence of the particulars therein set forth and that the land therein comprised has been duly brought under the provisions of this Act and that the person named as proprietor therein or in any memorial thereon is, or was at the relevant time, entitled to the estate or interest in the land therein specified and described.
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 a duplicate folio of the land-register is before the Court in any action or suit, it has the same value in evidence as the original folio if the parties thereto are prepared so to admit, and any party who requires production in court of an original folio when the duplicate thereof is available shall bear the cost of such production unless the Court, being satisfied that the production was justified, makes an order to the contrary.[23
duplicate
“duplicate”, in relation to the land-register, includes any authorised form of duplication or reproduction;