62Conveyance by person to himself: Bodies corporate, joint tenancies

### 62 Conveyance by person to himself: Bodies corporate, joint tenancies > *\[Section 62 Inserted by 26 Geo. V No. 97, s. 3 \]* > > > (1)  [*\[Section 62 Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2019, s. 29, Applied:08 May 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-05-08/act-2019-007#GS29@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 62 Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2019, s. 29, Applied:08 May 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-05-08/act-2019-007#GS29@Hpa@EN) In a conveyance made after– > > > > > > (a) 4th October 1860, personal property, including chattels real; > > > > > > > (b) 31st December 1883, freehold land or a thing in action– > > > > may be conveyed by a person to himself jointly with another person by the like means by which it might be conveyed by him to another person; and, after the last-mentioned date, freehold land or a thing in action may, in like manner, be conveyed by a husband to his spouse, and by a wife to her spouse, alone or jointly with another person. > > > (2)  After 31st December 1935, a person may convey land to, or vest land in, himself. > > > (3)  Two or more persons, whether or not being trustees or personal representatives, may convey, and shall be deemed always to have been capable of conveying, any property vested in them to any one or more of themselves in like manner as they could have conveyed such property to a third person; provided that, if the persons in whose favour the conveyance is made are, by reason of any fiduciary relationship or otherwise, precluded from validly carrying out the transaction, the conveyance shall be liable to be set aside. > > > (4)  A body corporate shall be capable of acquiring and holding any real or personal property in joint tenancy in the same manner as if it were an individual. > > > (5)  Such acquisition and holding shall be subject to the like conditions and restrictions as attach to the acquisition and holding of property by a body corporate in severalty. > > > (6)  Where – > > > > > > (a) a body corporate and an individual; or > > > > > > > (b) two or more bodies corporate – > > > > become entitled to any property under circumstances, or by virtue of any instrument, which, if the body corporate were an individual would have created a joint tenancy, they shall be entitled to the property as joint tenants. > > > (7)  On the dissolution of a body corporate holding property as a joint tenant the property shall devolve on the other joint tenant.