Section 197 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Registrar may require proof that estate of registered proprietor of limited title not extinguished

197 Registrar may require proof that estate of registered proprietor of limited title not extinguished The Registrar may, in his discretion, before— (a) Issuing an ordinary certificate of title in substitution for a certificate that is limited as to parcels or as to title or as to parcels and title; or (b) Constituting such a limited certificate of title an ordinary certificate of title; or (c) Removing the limitations as to title of a certificate that is limited as to parcels and title; or (d) Registering any dealing with the land comprised in a certificate that is limited as to parcels or as to title or as to parcels and title,— require to be satisfied that the estate or interest of the registered proprietor has not become extinguished by the operation of the Limitation Act 1950 or any other statute of limitation.