17Land may be brought under this Act on registration of instruments under the Registration of Deeds Act 1935

17 Land may be brought under this Act on registration of instruments under the Registration of Deeds Act 1935

[Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1996, s. 19 ]

(1)  [Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2012, s. 8, Applied:13 Nov 2012] [Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2012, s. 8, Applied:13 Nov 2012] *[Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 46 of 1981, s. 5 ]*A person who lodges for registration under the Registration of Deeds Act 1935  –

(a) a conveyance on sale; or

(b) [Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2012, s. 8, Applied:13 Nov 2012] a legal mortgage by conveyance of the fee simple; or

(ba) [Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2012, s. 8, Applied:13 Nov 2012] any other instrument that affects land –

shall leave with the Recorder, in addition to the documents required by section 12 of that Act  –

(c) [Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 66 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2008] a statement in an approved form signed by the purchaser or mortgagor or by the legal practitioner acting for and on behalf of the purchaser or mortgagor and addressed to the Recorder, which shall state the facts of the ownership of the land and such further information as may be required by the form; and

(d) [Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 29, Applied:01 Jan 2022] all instruments, in the person’s possession or under the person’s control, constituting or in any way affecting the title to the land except any instruments which a purchaser of the land to which the statement relates would not be entitled to require pursuant to section 35 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 , and also, if required, an abstract of that title.