Transfer of Land Act 1893 Amendment Act 1896 (WA)

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VICTORI±E REGINA,.

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No. XXII.

AN ACT to amend the Transfer of Land

Act, 1893.

[Assented to, 27th October, 15196.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this presentBE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. THIS Act may be cited as the Transfer of Land Act, 1893, Short Title.

Amendment Act, 1896.

2.      SECTION one hundred and forty-three of the Transfer of See. 143 of 56 Vie,.

Land Act, 1893, is hereby amended by inserting between the words No. 14, amended.

" until" and " revocation," in the ninth line, the words " the regis-

tration of a."

3.      SECTION one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act is See. 121 of 56 Vie.,

hereby amended by striking out the word " direct," in the eighteenth No. 14, amended.

line, and substituting the word " directed " in lieu thereof.

60" VICTORLE, No. 22.

Transfer of Land Act—Amendment.

SECTION one hundred and thirty-seven of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out the word " registration," in the twenty-third line, and substituting the word " requisition " in lieu thereof.

4.

Sec. 137 of 56 Vic.,

No. 14, amended.

SECTION two hundred and thirty-four of the said Act is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof :— " Every person who, as trustee, assignee, or by any other name, is representative of a bankrupt or insolvent estate is entitled to be registered as proprietor of any property under the Transfer of Land Act, 1893, which is portion of such estate, and the registrar, upon receipt of an office copy of the appointment of such representative, accompanied by an applica- tion under his hand to be so registered, shall enter on the register book upon the folium containing the registration of such property, a memorandum notifying the appointment of such representative, who shall thereupon become the transferee, and be deemed to be the proprietor of such property, and shall hold the same subject to the duties and trusts affecting the estate, but for the purpose of dealing therewith under the said Act, shall be deemed the absolute proprietor thereof. All property which any bankrupt or insolvent, before adjudication, or after adjudication and before obtaining his certificate of discharge became entitled to, or became entitled under any power of appointment or disposition to dispose of for his own benefit, shall be deemed a portion of the estate of such bankrupt or insolvent."

Devolution on bank- 5.

ruptcy or insolvency.

ALL or any lands whereof Her Majesty the Queen now is, the registered proprietor or proprietors may, by proclamation by the Governor, to be published in the Government Gazette, be revested in Her Majesty, or her heirs or successors, as of her, or their former estate, and the Registrar shall, upon the filing of such proclamation in his office by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, cancel the Certificate of Title of the lands mentioned in such proclamation, and call in and cancel the duplicate of such Certificate, and the lands the subject of such Certificate shall thereby be removed from the operation of the said Act, and may be regranted by Her Majesty, her heirs or successors.

Lands belonging to 6.

the Crown may be	or Her Majesty, or her heirs or successors, may hereafter become
withdrawn from the
operation of the Act.

Incorporation with r 7. THIS Act shall be incorporated and read together with the

56 Vic., No. 14. Transfer of Land Act, 1893.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

ALEX. C. ONSLOW, Governor's Deputy.

By Authority: RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth.