37. Instruments ineffectual until registered
Feedback & supportNo instrument until registered as in this Act provided is effectual to pass any estate or interest in land under the provisions of this Act, but upon registration of an instrument the estate or interest therein specified shall pass, or the land shall become liable as security for the payment of money (as the case may be), subject to such covenants and conditions as are set forth in the instrument and are capable of taking effect, and subject to such covenants and conditions as are by law declared to be implied in instruments of a like nature.
interest
“interest”, in relation to land, means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;
Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any unregistered instrument from operating as a contract.
This section applies notwithstanding the provisions of any written law which enables or provides for the compulsory acquisition or other statutory vesting of land.[33
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;