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Land Transfer.

21. Every applicant shall, when making his application, surrender t'o the Registrar all instruments in his possession or under his control constituting or in any way affecting his title, and shall furnish a schedule of such instruments, and also, if required, an abstract of his title, and shall make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the statements in such application, and shall append to such application a plan of the land applied for, showing the boundaries and relative position thereof. 22. Upon the receipt of such application the Registrar shall cause the title of the applicant to be examined and reported upon by the Examiner of Titles, and shall thereafter take into consideration such application, with the report of the Examiner, and shall confer with such Examiner thereon. 23. If it appears to the satisfaction of the Registrar and Examiner that the land in respect of which such application is made is held by the applicant for the estate or interest specified in such application, and that all persons interested other than as lessees under a lease for years are parties to the application, the Registrar shall cause notice of such application to be advertised in the Gazette and in one or more newspapers published in the district, and shall in such advertisement limit and appoint a time, not less than one month from the publication thereof in the Gazette, within which caveat may be lodged forbidding the bringing of such land under this Act. 24. If it appears that the applicant is the original grantee from the Crown, and that no instrument, matter, or thing affecting the title to the land other than the Crown grant has been registered, the Registrar and Examiner may dispense with such advertisement, and in such case the Registrar may proceed forthwith to bring the land under this Act by issuing to the applicant, or to such person as he by writing under his hand directs, a certificate of title in the Form B in the Second Schedule hereto. 25. If it appears to the Registrar and Examiner that any person interested (other than as a lessee under a lease for years) is not a party to such application, or that the evidence adduced by the applicant in support of his claim or of any matters which he is required to prove is deficient in any essential particular, the Registrar and Examiner may either reject such application, or at discretion may limit a time, by advertisement as aforesaid, within which caveat may be lodged forbidding the bringing of such land under this Act, and in such latter case may direct that such notices shall be served by the applicant upon such persons and in such form and manner as the Registrar and Examiner deem necessary, and that, in addition to the advertisements prescribed in section twenty-three hereof, notice of such application be advertised at the cost of the applicant in any gazette or newspaper published in New Zealand or elsewhere. 26. The Registrar shall, in addition to the notices aforesaid, cause notice of every such application as last mentioned to be posted in a conspicuous place in the Land Registry Office of the district, and in such other places as he may deem expedient, and shall forward by registered letter through the post-office a copy of such notice addressed to each of the persons (if any) stated by the applicant to be in occupation of such land, or to be occupiers or proprietors of land adjoining.

Applicant to surrender titledeeds. 1908, No. 99, s. 21

Procodure on application. lb . s. 22

If all necessary parties concur, application to bo gazetted. lb., s 23

If applicant is original grantee, application to bo forthwith gazetted. lb., s. 24

If necessary parties do not concur. Registrar may reject application, or may order service of noticos. lb., s. 25

Notico of application to be posted in Land Registry Office of district. lb., s. 20

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