20Applicant to surrender documents of title and to furnish

20 Applicant to surrender documents of title and to furnish abstract if required (1) Every applicant to bring land under this Act shall, when making his or her application— (a) deposit with the registrar-general all documents in his or her possession or under his or her control constituting or in any way affecting his or her title, and in the case of a leasehold a certified copy of the lease, and of any other document under which the applicant claims title, and furnish a schedule of those documents, and also, if required, an abstract of his or her title; and (b) state in his or her application the nature of his or her interest, and of every interest held therein by any other person whether at law or in equity, in possession, or in futurity or expectancy, and whether the land be occupied or unoccupied (and, if occupied, the name and description of the occupant and the nature of his or her occupancy, and whether the occupancy be adverse or otherwise), and the names and addresses of the occupants and proprietors of all lands contiguous to the land in respect to which application is made so far as known to him or her, and that the schedule so furnished includes all documents of title to the land in his or her possession or under his or her control; and (c) make and subscribe a declaration to the truth of the statement. (2) The applicant may in his or her application require the registrar-general, at the expense of the applicant, to cause notice of his or her application to be served upon any person whose name and address is for that purpose therein stated.