Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Registration
36. Land-register as evidence
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Every manual folio duly authenticated under the hand and seal of the Registrar —
manual folio
“manual folio” means a folio maintained by the Registrar wholly in the form of a document in writing;
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
is conclusive evidence 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.
A print-out of a computer folio issued by the Registrar and bearing a facsimile of the Registrar’s seal —
shall be received in all courts as evidence of the particulars therein set forth; and
is conclusive evidence 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.
Where, in a manual folio or a print-out of a computer folio, the estate or interest of a registered proprietor is expressed to be subject to —
interest
“interest”, in relation to land, means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;
an estate or interest evidenced by an instrument;
a provision of an instrument; or
an enumerated provision of any Act,the whole of the contents of that instrument, provision or enumerated provision (as the case may be) is deemed to be set forth at length in the folio or print‑out.
Where a copy of a manual folio duly certified by the Registrar as a true copy or a print‑out of a computer folio issued by the Registrar and bearing a facsimile of the Registrar’s seal is before a court in any action or suit, it has the same value in evidence as the original folio.
folio
“folio” means a folio of the land‑register, whether qualified or unqualified as to title;
Where the Registrar is required by law to produce at any place or to any person a computer folio, the Registrar must comply with that requirement by issuing a print‑out of the computer folio and by causing the print‑out to be produced at that place or to that person.