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Title by Registration Act (Cap. 56:50).

Country/Territory
Dominica
Document type
Legislation
Date
1887 (1992)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Dominica, 104 pp.
Long title
An Act relating to the registration of certificates of title to land and matters incidental thereto.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Cadastre/land registration Land tenure Transfer Lease Ownership Tax/levy Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Gender
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act is divided into 13 Parts as follows: Indefeasible certificates of title (1); Bringing lands under Act (2); Titles to Land Assurance Fund (3); Transfer and transmission of land (4); Land tax, mortgages and incumbrances and the sale of incumbered land (Land tax, Mortgages, Incumbrances, Equitable mortgages, Transfer and discharge of mortgages and incumbrances, Sale of incumbered lands or estates, Crop advance warrants) (5); Judgments (6); Caveats (7); Registration and confirmation of qualified and possessory titles (8); Powers and duties of registrars of title and mode of reviewing their decisions (9); Powers of attorney, attestation of instruments, dealing abroad, and married women (10); Forms, solicitors and scales of fees (11); Penalties (12); Miscellaneous (13). The Act is completed by 5 Schedules which contain a series of model forms as well as definitions of terms used and fees.

Full text
English
Website
www.dominica.gov.dm

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Title by Registration (Possessory and Qualified Title) Regulations (Cap. 56:50).

Legislation | Dominica | 1889 (1995)

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Ownership, Land tenure, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Title by Registration (Confirmation of Title) Rules (Cap. 56:50).

Legislation | Dominica | 1889 (1990)

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Ownership, Land tenure

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Title by Registration (Amendment) Act (No. 8 of 1998).

Legislation | Dominica | 1998

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Land tenure

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Title by Registration (Amendment) Act (No. 15 of 1993).

Legislation | Dominica | 1993

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Land tenure, Transfer, Lease, Ownership, Tax/levy, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Title by Registration (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 18 of 2015).

Legislation | Dominica | 2015

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Land tenure, Tax/levy

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Title by Registration (Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2020.

Legislation | Dominica | 2020

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Land tenure, Royalties/fees, Transfer

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Title by Registration (Amendment) Act No. 8 of 2018.

Legislation | Dominica | 2018

Keyword: Institution, Cadastre/land registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX