Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Initial Registration of Titles
9. Surrender and reissue of title to land
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Where the President agrees to accept the surrender of the title to land (whether registered or unregistered, and whether of the same or different tenure), for the reissue of one or more fresh State titles of one type of tenure, the President may accept the surrender of title to land, subject to all or any of the following:
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;
any subsisting mortgage with the consent of the mortgagee, the Collector, and the Registrar of Deeds or the Registrar, as the case may be;
any subsisting statutory charge in favour of the Central Provident Fund Board or any caveat notified under this Act or registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 with the consent of the Collector, and the Registrar of Deeds or the Registrar, as the case may be.
Upon the acceptance by the President under subsection (1), the surrender may be lodged with the Registry of Deeds or Land Titles Registry, as the case may be.
Land Titles Registry
“Land Titles Registry” means the Land Titles Registry of the Authority;
The fresh State title or titles in respect of the whole or part of the land surrendered may be issued by the President only when the Registrar of Deeds or the Registrar (as the case may be) has notified the Collector that the surrender has been finally registered.
State title
“State title” means any grant or lease issued under the State Lands Act 1920 or State Lands Ordinance 1886 and includes a Crown grant or lease issued under the Crown Lands Ordinance 1886 at any time prior to 16 September 1963;
Upon the creation of one or more folios for the land, the Registrar must, where applicable, notify any subsisting mortgage, statutory charge or caveat mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b), and cancel the previously existing folio or folios for the land.
folio
“folio” means a folio of the land‑register, whether qualified or unqualified as to title;
Any subsisting mortgage, statutory charge or caveat mentioned in subsection (4) and notified on one or more folios for the land comprised in the fresh State title or titles issued by the President is deemed to be registered or notified against the estate and interest of the proprietor of land in whose name the folio or folios are issued.
interest
“interest”, in relation to land, means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;