Section 138: Using abuttals to describe land in certificates
138.Abuttals may be used in description of land in certificate
(1)On an application to bring land under this Act, the land included in the certificate to be issued may at the discretion of the Registrar, notwithstanding sections 15 and 37 and Schedule 2 to this Act, be described by its abuttals both in the body of the certificate and in the plan thereon, or in the plan only.
(2)Any abuttal so used under subsection (1) may be described by the name by which it is commonly known and with or without the name of its reputed owner; and if the abuttal is upon or consists of land under this Act, the volume and folium of the certificate of title of the land constituting the abuttal or on which the abuttal stands shall be mentioned.
Plain English Summary
When applying to register land under this Act, you can describe the land by its abuttals (boundaries) instead of detailed measurements. The Registrar ...
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