Section 46: Effective Date of Registration and Duly Registered Proprietor
46.Effective date of registration; duly registered proprietor
(1)Subject to section 122(2), every certificate of title shall be deemed and taken to be registered under this Act when the Registrar has marked on it—
(a)the volume and folium of the Register Book in which it is entered; or
(b)the block and plot number of the land in respect of which that certificate of title is to be registered.
(2)Every instrument purporting to affect land or any interest in land, the title to which has been registered under this Act, shall be deemed to be registered when a memorial of the instrument as described in section 51 has been entered in the Register Book upon the folium constituted by the certificate of title.
(3)The memorial mentioned in subsection (2) shall be entered as at the time and date on which the instrument to which it relates was received in the office of titles together with the duplicate certificate of title and such other documents or consents as may be necessary, accompanied with the fees payable under this Act.
(4)The person named in any certificate of title or instrument so registered as the grantee or as the proprietor of or having any estate or interest in or power to appoint or dispose of the land described in the certificate or instrument shall be deemed and taken to be the duly registered proprietor of the land.
Plain English Summary
Your certificate of title becomes legally registered when the Registrar marks it with the volume and folium of the Register Book or the block and plot...
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