19Land may be brought under this Act at the instance of the Recorder

19 Land may be brought under this Act at the instance of the Recorder

(1)  [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2022] *[Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1996, s. 19 ]*The Recorder may on or after the appointed day cause notice to be given to any person requiring the person, within a time specified in the notice, not being a time less than 30 days from the date of the notice –

(a) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2022] to inform the Recorder in writing whether the person claims an estate or interest in land (not being registered land) specified in the notice;

(b) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2022] where the person claims an estate or interest by virtue of an assurance or other disposition or by devolution in law –

(i) to furnish to the Recorder a statement in an approved form; and

(ii) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2022] to produce to the Recorder all instruments constituting or in any way affecting the person’s title to the land that are in the person’s possession or under the person’s control or in the possession or under the control of the mortgagee of the land except any instruments which a purchaser would not be entitled to require pursuant to section 35 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 ; and

(c) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2022] [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2022] where the person claims an estate by the operation of a statute of limitations, to furnish to the Recorder such evidence in support of that claim as the person possesses.