138ARegistrar-General may take steps to rectify Register in case of fraud

138A Registrar-General may take steps to rectify Register in case of fraud

138A Registrar-General may take steps to rectify Register in case of fraud

(1) The Registrar-General may, in relation to the settlement of a claim in accordance with section 135, take any of the steps set out in subsection (2) that are required to rectify the Register (including by registering a person as proprietor of land) if the Registrar-General is satisfied that—

(a) the person has been deprived of land, or an estate or interest in land, as a result of fraud, and

(b) the current registered proprietor acquired the estate or interest in land through fraud.

(2) The Registrar-General may do one or more of the following—

(a) cancel or amend a folio of the Register,

(b) cancel, amend or make a recording in a folio of the Register,

(c) create a new folio of the Register,

(d) create a new edition of a computer folio,

(e) (Repealed)

(3), (4) (Repealed)

s 138A: Ins 2009 No 17, Sch 1 [29]. Am 2021 No 10, Sch 1.1[25].