Section 16 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 16 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) Where a person has interest in any land parcel registered in his name, and further acquires other interests in other land parcels, the newly acquired interest shall not be merged with the existing interests unless the-
(a) surrender or discharge is registered;
(b) parcels are combined in one title and are contiguous to each other; and
(c) document evidencing the disposition had been obtained.

(2) Interests referred to in subsection (1) of this section apply to -(at the interests of the sub-lessor and sub-lessee;
(b) the interests of the mortgagor and mortgagee; and
(c) the holder of land burdened with an easement, a right or privilege or restrictive covenant of land which allows joinder.