Regulation 17

Where the instrument of the title to be surrendered is a grant or lease issued before 1st March 1886, or is a grant issued under the Act, the State Lands Ordinance or the Crown Lands Ordinance 1886, and produced by some person other than the person named therein as the grantee thereof, the applicant shall, if required by the Collector of Land Revenue to do so, lodge with the Collector of Land Revenue an abstract of his title verified by statutory declaration, and shall also deposit with the Collector of Land Revenue a sum sufficient to cover the costs and fees payable in respect of the investigation of title.