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Land Title Act 1994
sec.23Notice to witness
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### sec.23 Notice to witness
The registrar may, by written notice given to a person, require the person to attend the inquiry at a specified time and place as a witness to give evidence or produce specified documents or things.
Without limiting subsection (1) , any of the following persons may be required to attend the inquiry—
a person who may have helped another person act fraudulently or wrongfully in a way mentioned in section 19 (b) ;
a person who is a party to a transaction that may have resulted in a fraud affecting the land registry;
a person who may have contributed directly or indirectly to a fraud affecting the land registry.
A person required to appear as a witness before the inquiry is entitled to the reasonable witness fees decided by the registrar.
s 23 amd 2005 No. 68 s 57 ; 2021 No. 12 s 101
(sec.23-ssec.1) The registrar may, by written notice given to a person, require the person to attend the inquiry at a specified time and place as a witness to give evidence or produce specified documents or things.
(sec.23-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , any of the following persons may be required to attend the inquiry— a person who may have helped another person act fraudulently or wrongfully in a way mentioned in section 19 (b) ; a person who is a party to a transaction that may have resulted in a fraud affecting the land registry; a person who may have contributed directly or indirectly to a fraud affecting the land registry.
(sec.23-ssec.3) A person required to appear as a witness before the inquiry is entitled to the reasonable witness fees decided by the registrar.
- (a) a person who may have helped another person act fraudulently or wrongfully in a way mentioned in section 19 (b) ;
- (b) a person who is a party to a transaction that may have resulted in a fraud affecting the land registry;
- (c) a person who may have contributed directly or indirectly to a fraud affecting the land registry.