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The Bill would also provide for incidental and connected purposes. Clause 1 provides for the short title and commencement of the legislation. Clause 2 amends section 5 of the Prescription Law (2018 Revision) to extend the application of that section to include applications made to the Registrar, such as those made under new section 9(2) to register a public right of way where there is no dispute or objection. Clause 3 amends section 9 of the Prescription Law (2018 Revision) to enable the Registrar of Lands to register a public right of way as an incumbrance on the register of land owned by the proprietor, where the public or a class of the public have used any beach, land, road, track or pathway in the manner and for the period specified in section 4(1) and such use is not disputed by the proprietor. Prescription (Amendment) Bill, 2020 Clause 1 Introduced PRESCRIPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 A BILL FOR A LAW TO AMEND THE PRESCRIPTION LAW (2018 REVISION) TO PROVIDE FOR THE POWER OF THE REGISTRAR OF LANDS TO REGISTER A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WHERE THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Law may be cited as the Prescription (Amendment) Law, 2020. (2) This Law comes into force immediately after the commencement of the Registered Land (Amendment) Law, 2020.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 5 of the Prescription Law (2018 Revision) - computation of time 2. 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AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title and commencement\n1.\n(1) This Law may be cited as the Prescription (Amendment) Law, 2020.\n(2) This Law comes into force immediately after the commencement of the\nRegistered Land (Amendment) Law, 2020.\n2.\nAmendment of section 5 of the Prescription Law (2018 Revision) -\ncomputation of time\n2.\nThe Prescription Law (2018 Revision) is amended in section 5 by deleting the\nwords \u201cor suit\u201d and substituting the words \u201c, suit or application to the Registrar of\nLands\u201d.\n3.\nAmendment of section 9 of the Prescription Law (2018 Revision) -\nprocedure for establishing rights under section 4\n3.\nThe Prescription Law (2018 Revision) is amended in section 9 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby renumbering section 9 as section 9(1);\n\nClause 3\nPrescription (Amendment) Bill, 2020\n\nPage 6\n Introduced\nc\n\n(b) in subsection (1)(b) as renumbered, by inserting after the word \u201cthe\u201d\nwhere it first appears the words \u201cPublic Lands Commission established\nunder section 4 of the Public Lands Law (2020 Revision) or the\u201d; 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