Section 73 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 73 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) A court may in its discretion, on the application of any interested person, prohibit or restrict the disposition of any land, sub-lease or mortgage for the prevention of fraud or improper dealing or for any other sufficient cause and make an order which –
(a) may be registered in the appropriate register; and
(b) shall have effect until it is cancelled.

(2) The Registrar may on the application of any person claiming to be interested or of his own volition, after hearing any person who desires to be heard and making such inquiries as he deems fit, restrict or prohibit dealings in the register for such period and on such conditions as he may direct.

(3) The Registrar may, on the application of any interested person, order a restriction to be entered in the register if it appears to him that there is any limitation or restriction on the power of the holder to deal with the land, sublease or mortgage.

(4) On the entry of a restriction, the Registrar shall give notice of it to the holder affected by the restriction.

(5) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, where there is a subsisting restriction in the register, any registration of the land, sub-lease or mortgage, inconsistent with the terms of the restriction shall only be made on the order of court.

(6) The Registrar may, at any time on the application of any person interested or of his own volition after giving the parties affected by it, an opportunity of being heard, order the removal or variation of any restriction entered by him under this section.

(7) On the application of any holder affected by a restriction under this section, and on notice of it to the Registrar, the court may order the restriction to be removed or varied or make such other order, including an order as to costs, as it deems fit.

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