Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Registration
30. New folios of land-register
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The Registrar may create a new manual folio in the following cases:
where, in the Registrar’s opinion, it is impracticable to make further endorsements on an existing manual folio;
where the certificate of title of the land comprised in an existing manual folio has been mutilated or defaced or is in such condition that, in the Registrar’s opinion, it should not be delivered.
Where the land is comprised in a manual or computer folio, the Registrar may create a new folio —
land
“land” means —(a)the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, so much of the subterranean space below and so much of the column of airspace above the surface whether or not held apart from the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto; or(b)any parcel of airspace or any subterranean space whether or not held apart from the surface of the earth and described with certainty by reference to a plan approved by the Chief Surveyor and filed with the Authority, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto,and where the context so permits, 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, upon registration of a transfer or transmission, the transferee or applicant has become the proprietor of an undivided share as tenant-in-common of the whole of the land in an existing folio;
where the same proprietor owns 2 or more parcels of land of the same tenure, or in the case of leasehold estates comprised in one or more State titles with the same expiry dates, and the parcels have been amalgamated and allotted with a new survey lot number by the Chief Surveyor;
where the proprietor of any land comprised in one or more existing folios has lodged the certificates of title thereof and has requested the Registrar —
to create a new folio for the land comprised therein;
to create new folios for separate parts of the land therein comprised in accordance with any lawful subdivision or layout, and the said parts have been assigned lot numbers as shown on the survey plan approved by the Chief Surveyor; or
to create a new folio comprising contiguous parcels in substitution for 2 or more existing folios;
in any other case where the Registrar is authorised or considers it practicable to create a new folio.
Upon the creation of a new folio, the Registrar must cancel the previous folio and must indicate thereon the serial number of the new folio or folios and the reason for its cancellation.
folio
“folio” means a folio of the land‑register, whether qualified or unqualified as to title;
Subject to any agreement to the contrary, the proprietor in whose name a new folio is to be issued is, as between the proprietor and any person with whom the proprietor has dealt, liable for the cost of creating that folio.
proprietor
“proprietor” means any person who appears from the land‑register to be the person entitled to an estate or interest in any land which has been brought under the provisions of this Act, and includes a mortgagee, chargee and lessee;
A new folio created under this section may, if the circumstances so require, be qualified as to boundaries and dimensions and section 165 applies, with the necessary modifications, thereto.