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Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1898
19Commissioners to be guided by the real justice and good conscience of the case
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19 Commissioners to be guided by the real justice and good conscience of the case
> > (1) In hearing and examining all claims to grants as aforesaid the said Commissioners shall be guided by the real justice and good conscience of the case without regard to legal forms and solemnities, and shall direct themselves by the best evidence that they can procure, or that is laid before them, whether the same be such evidence as the law would require in other cases or not.
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> > (2) If the Commissioners, or any two of them, are satisfied that the person claiming such lands or any part thereof is entitled in equity and good conscience to hold the said lands and to have a grant thereof made and delivered to such person under the Great Seal, they shall report the same and the grounds thereof to the Governor accordingly, and shall set forth the situation, measurement, and boundaries by which the said lands shall be described in every such grant.
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> > (3) Nothing herein contained shall be held to oblige the Governor to make and deliver any such grant as aforesaid unless he deems proper so to do.