Section 38: Certificates of Title and Their Duplicates
38.Certificates of title
(1)Certificates of title shall be in one of the forms in Schedule 2 to this Act and shall be in duplicate.
(2)One of the certificates shall be registered in the Register Book, and the other original, hereafter called the duplicate, shall be issued to the person entitled to it.
(3)Each certificate of title shall constitute a separate folium of the Register Book.
(4)Whenever it shall appear expedient to the Registrar, he or she may cancel the certificate of title registered in the Register Book and may register a certificate of title in any of the forms prescribed under this Act in lieu of that certificate, but the Registrar shall not issue any such new certificate until the duplicate of the certificate cancelled under this subsection is in his or her hands.
(5)Where the Register Book is kept in parts under section 37(2)(b), the Registrar shall—
(a)file each certificate in the appropriate part of the Register Book, by reference to the location of the land in respect of which the certificate is registered; and
(b)enter upon the certificate a reference to the block and plot number
of the land in respect of which the certificate is registered, as shown on a plan approved by the Registrar of lands and surveys.
(6)Where the Registrar has entered upon a certificate a reference to the block and plot number under subsection (5), references in this Act to a volume or folium of the Register Book shall be construed as references to that block or plot number, as the case may be.
Plain English Summary
You have the right to receive a duplicate certificate of title when you register land. The original certificate stays in the Registrar's official Regi...
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