Section 9 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 9 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Saving of legal estates in certain cases. It provides as follows:

(1) A fee simple which, by virtue of any enactment, is liable to be divested, is for
the purposes of this Law, a fee simple absolute and remains liable to be divested as if this Law had not been passed.

(2) A fee simple subject to a legal or equitable right of entry or re-entry is, for the
purposes of this Law, a fee simple absolute.

(3) A fee simple vested in a corporation which is liable to determine by reason of the dissolution of the corporation is, for the purposes of this Law, a fee simple absolute.

(4) The provisions of the Land (Perpetual Succession) Ordinance or any other
enactment conferring special facilities or prescribing special modes for disposing of or acquiring land or providing for the vesting (by conveyance or otherwise) of land in trustees or any person or the holder for the time being of an office or any
corporation sole or aggregate (including the Crown) shall remain in full force.

(5) Where any such power for disposing of or creating a legal estate is exercisable by a person who is not the estate owner, the power shall, when practicable, be exercised in the name and on behalf of the estate owner.