Section 75 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Certificate to be evidence of proprietorship
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75 Certificate to be evidence of proprietorship (1) Every certificate of title duly authenticated under the hand and seal of the Registrar shall be received in all Courts of law and equity as evidence of the particulars therein set forth or endorsed thereon, and of their being entered in the register, and shall, unless the contrary is proved by production of the register or a certified copy thereof, be conclusive evidence that the person named in that certificate of title, or in any entry thereon, as seised of or as taking estate or interest in the land therein described is seised or possessed of that land for the estate or interest therein specified as from the date of the certificate or as from the date from which the same is expressed to take effect, and that the property comprised in the certificate has been duly brought under this Act. (2) Nothing in this section applies to electronic transactions land. Compare: 1915 No 35 s 68 Subsection (2) was inserted, as from 1 June 2002, by section 65(1) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11).
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