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Land Titles Act 1925
54Joint tenants and tenants in common
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54 Joint tenants and tenants in common
(1) A transfer to 2 or more persons shall not be registered unless those
persons are expressed to be either joint tenants or tenants in common.
(2) Where 2 or more persons listed in the register as joint proprietors, but
not as tenants in common, they shall be taken to be registered as joint
tenants.
(3) The share of a person registered as a tenant in common must be
included on the register.