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1966\nLaw 21 of 1971-17th December, 1971\n\nConsolidated and revised this 26th day of March, 1996.\n\nRegistration (Land) Law\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 26th day of March, 1996\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nREGISTRATION (LAND) LAW\n(1996 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nRegistrar of Lands .....................................................................................................................6\n4.\nProcedure for registration and fees ............................................................................................6\n5.\nEffect of registration ...................................................................................................................6\n6.\nRegistration of all land transactions ...........................................................................................6\n7.\nUnregistered transaction void against purchaser .......................................................................7\n8.\nRegistrar\u2019s power to register encumbrances made prior to this Law ...........................................7\n9.\nRegistrar\u2019s power to inspect documents.....................................................................................7\n10.\nDischarged encumbrances ........................................................................................................7\n11.\nRegistrar may state a case for decision of the Grand Court .......................................................7\n12.\nAggrieved person may apply to the Grand Court........................................................................7\n13.\nRegistrar\u2019s Seal .........................................................................................................................7\n14.\nNon-application ..........................................................................................................................8\nFIRST SCHEDULE\n9\nForm of Register (prior to 12th October, l960)\n9\nSECOND SCHEDULE\n10\nFORM OF REGISTER (from 12th October, 1960)\n10\n\nRegistration (Land) Law\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 26th day of March, 1996\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nREGISTRATION (LAND) LAW\n(1996 Revision)\n\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Registration (Land) Law (1996 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn this Law \u2014\n\u201cconveyance\u201d includes a lease, assent, vesting declaration, vesting instrument,\ndisclaimer, release and every other assurance of land or of interest therein by\ninstrument, except a will;\n\u201cencumbrance\u201d includes a legal or equitable mortgage, a charge, a trust for\nsecuring money, a lien, and a charge of a portion annuity, or other capital or\nannual sum;\n\u201cencumbrancer\u201d has a meaning corresponding with that of encumbrance, and\nincludes every person entitled to the benefit of an encumbrance, or to require\npayment or discharge thereof;\n\u201cland\u201d includes land of any tenure and tenements and hereditaments, corporeal\nor incorporeal, and houses and other buildings, also undivided share in land;\n\u201cpurchaser\u201d means any person (including a mortgagee or lessee) who, in good\nfaith and for valuable consideration, takes any interest in land or charge on land;\n\u201cvaluable consideration\u201d includes marriage but not a nominal consideration in\nmoney; and\n\nSection 3\nRegistration (Land) Law\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 26th day of March, 1996\nc\n\n\u201cRegistrar\u201d means the person appointed Registrar of Lands or the Public\nRecorder for the time being performing the duties of Registrar under section 3.\n3.\nRegistrar of Lands\n3.\n(1) A Registrar of Lands shall be appointed by the Governor.\n(2) Where, for any reason, the Registrar of Lands is unable to perform his duties\nunder this Law or where the office of Registrar of Lands is vacant, the Public\nRecorder may perform all or any of the duties of the Registrar.\n4.\nProcedure for registration and fees\n4.\n(1) The Registrar shall make entries in the form in the First Schedule so however\nthat persons owning lands adjoining must sanction boundaries prior to entry.\n(2) Persons desirous of registering their lands shall advertise their intention fifteen\ndays previously, in order that boundaries may be agreed on by adjoining\nneighbours, and the person advertising may call on any Justice, who shall\nproceed to the spot with the parties; and upon the boundaries being determined\non, the Justice shall forward a written notice of such determination to the\nRegistrar who shall file and record the same, as a proof of such boundaries. The\nJustice for his services shall be entitled to a fee of forty cents from the parties.\n(3) The Registrar shall charge a fee not exceeding one dollar for each entry.\n5.\nEffect of registration\n5.\nRegistration for a period of five years shall be deemed a good title against all\ncomplaints whatsoever.\n6.\nRegistration of all land transactions\n6.\n(1) From the 12th October, 1960 \u2014\n(a)\nall conveyances of land; and\n(b) all encumbrances hereafter created and binding on land,\nshall be registered in the Register kept for that purpose by the Registrar in the\nform in the Second Schedule but such registration shall not be effected unless\nthe Registrar is satisfied that the relevant instrument or document has been duly\nstamped, if so required, in accordance with the Stamp Duty Law (1995\nRevision).\n(2) The Registrar shall charge a fee not exceeding thirty cents for each entry made\nin the Register as aforesaid and he shall issue a certified copy of any entry in\nthat Register to any person who applies in writing therefor on payment by such\nperson of a fee of fifty cents.\n\nRegistration (Land) Law\nSection 7\n\nc\nRevised as at 26th day of March, 1996\nPage 7\n\n7.\nUnregistered transaction void against purchaser\n7.\nA conveyance or encumbrance made or created on or after the 12th October, 1960\nshall be void as against a subsequent purchaser of the land or any interest in such\nland, unless such conveyance or encumbrance is registered in accordance with\nsection 6 before the completion of the purchase.\n8.\nRegistrar\u2019s power to register encumbrances made prior to this Law\n8.\nEncumbrances created before the 12th October, 1960 may be entered on the Register\nwhere a conveyance of the encumbered land is being registered and such\nencumbrances are recited in the conveyance or the parties to a conveyance satisfy the\nRegistrar that the encumbrances, although not recited, are existing or an\nencumbrancer applies for the registration of his encumbrance, and at the same time\nserves notice of his application on the proprietor and such proprietor does not within\ntwenty-eight days file his objections with the Registrar.\n9.\nRegistrar\u2019s power to inspect documents\n9.\nBefore making an entry in the Register the Registrar shall inspect all relevant\ndocuments and satisfy himself generally that the entry can properly be made.\n10.\nDischarged encumbrances\n10. When the Registrar is satisfied that an encumbrance binding on land has been\nremoved he shall strike out the entry in the Register and make an appropriate note\ntherein to that effect.\n11.\nRegistrar may state a case for decision of the Grand Court\n11.\nWhenever any question arises with regard to the performance of any duty, or the\nexercise of any functions, by this Law conferred or imposed on him the Registrar may state\na case for the decision of the Grand Court.\n12.\nAggrieved person may apply to the Grand Court\n12. Any person aggrieved by any entry or refusal to make an entry on the Register may\napply to the Grand Court for an order cancelling the entry or declaring that the entry\nshall be made.\n13.\nRegistrar\u2019s Seal\n13. The Registrar shall keep and use a seal bearing the impression of the Arms of the\nCayman Islands having inscribed in the margin thereof the words \u201cRegistrar of\nLands-Cayman Islands\u201d, and all documents registered shall be sealed with the seal\nand signed by the Registrar and dated.\n\nSection 14\nRegistration (Land) Law\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 26th day of March, 1996\nc\n\n14.\nNon-application\n14. 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