Land Titles Act · 1985 Revised Edition · Part I · Establishment of Land Titles Registry
7. General powers of Registrar
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Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed pursuant to this Act.
he may administer oaths and take statutory declarations; and
he may enter caveats for the prevention of fraud or improper dealing whenever he has reason to think that fraud or improper dealing may occur, or for the prevention of any dealing with land in a folio of the land-register which has been found to be erroneous.
Knowledge of the fact that land has been acquired or will be held by a proprietor acting in a fiduciary capacity is not of itself a ground for the entry of a caveat by the Registrar.
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;