Clause 31

by deleting section 37 thereof;

by deleting the word “such” appearing in the first line of section 38 thereof; and

by deleting the word “A” appearing in the first line of subsection (1) of section 39 thereof and substituting therefor the expression “Subject to the provisions of the Residential Property Act, 1975, a”.

by deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 34 thereof;

by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 34 thereof and substituting therefor the expression “; and” and by inserting immediately thereafter the following new paragraph: —“(g)any registered instrument purporting to pass any estate or interest in any residential property within the meaning of the Residential Property Act, 1975, which may become void pursuant to that Act when so declared by the Court.”;

by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 139 thereof and substituting therefor the expression “; or” and by inserting immediately thereafter the following new paragraph: —“(c)where the Court has declared that the registration of any instrument which purports to pass any estate or interest in any residential property within the meaning of the Residential Property Act, 1975, is void pursuant to that Act.”; and

by inserting immediately after subsection (2) of section 139 thereof the following new subsection: —“(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section.”.