76. Form and registration of leases
Feedback & supportRegistered land may be leased for any term of years exceeding 3 years by an instrument of lease in the prescribed form.
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 register any lease unless —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed pursuant to this Act.
the term is expressed to exceed 3 years;
the date of commencement of the term and its maximum duration are certain; and
the lease purports to confer on the lessee exclusive possession of land.
For the purpose of registration under this Act —
the fact that the term of a lease could be extended in pursuance of an option; and
the fact that a lease for a specified period of time is determinable on the happening of an event within that time,shall not be taken into consideration in determining whether the term of the lease exceeds 3 or any other specified number of years.
A lease is not unregistrable by reason only of the fact that the possession of the lessee is expressed to be non-continuous.
Nothing in this Part affects the law relating to tenancies for terms not exceeding 3 years.
Upon registration of such a lease, the Registrar shall create a folio of the land-register for the leasehold estate, as the lessee may require.[72
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;