68Registrar-general may register as proprietor person

68 Registrar-general may register as proprietor person entitled to land by operation of statute or by defeasance of estate (1) Whenever— (a) by the operation of any law or Act either directly or by reason of anything done under it; or (b) by the defeasance of any estate of any person registered as proprietor under this Act; any land under this Act has become or becomes vested in some person other than the registered proprietor either alone or jointly or in common with the registered proprietor, or some such person has become or becomes entitled to have any such land so vested, or the site or any part of the site of any closed road whether belonging to the Commonwealth or to any person has become or becomes vested in the person registered as proprietor under this Act of adjoining land, the registrar-general may, at the written request of a person in whom there has been such a vesting or who has become so entitled, on such evidence as appears to the registrar-general to be sufficient, and after such notice (if any) to such person as the registrar-general deems proper, register the person in whom any such land or site or part thereof is vested or who has become so entitled, as the proprietor of the estate therein as is appropriate, and for that purpose may make every such entry, cancellation and correction in the register as appears to the registrar-general to be necessary or proper. (2) This section does not apply to a case for which express provision is made by this Act or any other law.