The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 88
"The Land Transfer Act 1870 Amendment Act 1874."
" The Land Transfer Act 1870 Amendment Act 1874."
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As ACT to amend "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," in respect to dealings with Lands granted under the Native Land Acts. [31 st August, 1874.]
Preamble
Whereas by "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," and "The Land Transfer Ad Amemdment Act, 1871," no provision was made for the registration of instruments affecting land granted under the Native Land Acts until a Crown grant for the same is issued, and it is expedient to alter and amend the law in this and other respects :
Be it Therebefore Enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : —
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Interpretation |
Act to be read as part of land Transfer Act.
3. This Act shall be road and construed as incorporated with and as part of the Act.
Land to be under Land Transfer Act from registration of grant.
4. Land over which the Native title has been extinguished since the constitution of the land district within which such land is situate by virtue of any of the Acts repealed by "The Native Land Act, 1873," shall be deemed to have been and shall be subject to the provisions of the Act from the date of the registration of the Crown Grant thereof.
Grants to be registered. Estate of grantees to be subject to instruments previously registered in Deeds Registry.
5. All grants of such land shall be registered under the Act as soon as conveniently may be after the issue thereof in the Land Registry of the district in which the land granted is situate. Upon the rgistration of the grant and until the registration under the Act of some further deal-ing, the estate of the grantees under any grant already registered or to be registered shall be subject only to such estates and interests as may have been or may be created by any instruments executed subsequently to the ante-vesting date mentioned in such grant, and registered in the Deeds Registry against the land included in such grant prior to the registration of the grant under the Act.
On registration of grant, estates created by such instruments to be registered.
6. On registration of the grant, the District Land Regis-trar shall satisfy himself of the nature and extent of the estates and interests created by such instruments so registered in the Deeds Registry, and shall do all such things as he would have been required to do if the persons appearing to be entitled to such estates and interests had been registered as proprietors thereof on the provisional register.
Informal instruments may be registered in certain cases.
Former acts validated.
As to land over which the Native title may be extinguished hereafter.
Until registration of grant, dealings to be on provisional register.
Grants to be in duplicate.
If order of Court annulled, entries annulled, entries on provisional register to be cancelled.
Section 78 of "The Native Land Act, 1873," repealed.
No claim on Assurance fund to arise by registration of instruments by natives under dissability.