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Real Property Act 1900
138ARegistrar-General may take steps to rectify Register in case of fraud
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#### 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—
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> > > (a) the person has been deprived of land, or an estate or interest in land, as a result of fraud, and
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> > > (b) the current registered proprietor acquired the estate or interest in land through fraud.
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> > (2) The Registrar-General may do one or more of the following—
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> > > (a) cancel or amend a folio of the Register,
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> > > (b) cancel, amend or make a recording in a folio of the Register,
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> > > (c) create a new folio of the Register,
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> > > (d) create a new edition of a computer folio,
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> > > (e) (Repealed)
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> > (3), (4) (Repealed)
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> **s 138A:** Ins 2009 No 17, Sch 1 \[29\]. Am 2021 No 10, Sch 1.1\[25\].