Section 17 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Warrant to fix antevesting date

17 Warrant to fix antevesting date (1) The land comprised in any certificate of title issued in lieu of a Crown grant shall be deemed to have been subject to the provisions of the Land Transfer Acts as from the date fixed by the Governor-General's warrant as the date of acquisition of title thereto; and that date shall, for all purposes whatsoever, be deemed the antevesting date, in the same manner as if that antevesting date had been inserted in a Crown grant of the said land. (2) The reference to an antevesting date in any certificate of title purporting to be issued in pursuance of any such warrant shall be conclusive evidence of that date, and that the same was fixed by the Governor-General's warrant, as in the certificate is set forth and stated. (3) This section shall not be construed to validate or enable the registration under the Land Transfer Acts of any instrument executed before the 16th day of September 1889 (being the date of the commencement of the Land Transfer Act 1885 Amendment Act 1889), by any Maori owner, so far as the instrument was not valid or capable of registration before that date. Compare: 1915 No 35 s 17; 1947 No 59 Pt I ; 1951 No 60 s 8