If it be proved to the
satisfaction of the Commissioner that land under this Act has been sold by the
proprietor and the whole of the purchase money paid and that the purchaser or
those claiming under him have entered and taken possession under such purchase
and such entry and possession have been acquiesced in by the vendor or his
representatives but that no transfer or formal conveyance has ever been
executed by the vendor and cannot be obtained by reason that the vendor is
dead or residing out of the jurisdiction or cannot be found the Commissioner
may in his discretion make a vesting order in the premises and the Registrar
on being served with such order shall make the entries directed to be made by
the last preceding section in this Act in the case of the vesting orders
therein mentioned and the making or the omission to make such entries shall be
attended by the same results as declared by the said section in respect of the
vesting orders therein mentioned.