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This legislation has been repealed.

REAL PROPERTY (CONVERSION OF TITLES) ACT 1967 (REPEALED) - SECT 7

7. (1) The Registrar-General may, by notice in writing served personally or by registered post, require a person—

        (a)     to produce for his inspection or to surrender to him, within such period, not being less than seven days, as is specified in the notice, a document in the possession or under the control of that person affecting land or the title to land; or

        (b)     to appear before him at a time and place specified in the notice and to give an explanation demanded by, or to answer questions put to him by, the Registrar-General with respect to land or the title to land or a document affecting land or title to land.

(2) A person upon whom a notice is so served shall not—

        (a)     without lawful excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of the notice;

        (b)     without lawful excuse, refuse or fail to give an explanation demanded from him by, or answer a question put to him by, the Registrar-General; or

        (c)     knowingly give to the Registrar-General an explanation or answer that is incorrect in a material particular.

Penalty: Two hundred dollars.

(3) The Registrar-General may withhold delivery of a certificate of title signed in pursuance of this Act to the person entitled to the certificate until he complies with the requirements of a notice served upon him under this section and gives any explanations demanded from him by, and answers any questions put to him by, the Registrar-General.

(4) In this section, “land” means land that the Registrar-General has brought or proposes to bring under the Principal Act in pursuance of this Act.

Certificates of title



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