Section 90 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 90 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) The Registrar shall delete the name of a family representative from the register once he is furnished with proof of the death of the family representative.

(2) The Registrar may on the application of any member of the family and after giving the remaining family representatives an opportunity of being heard, delete from the register, the name of any family representative if he is satisfied that such family representative is by reason of mental or physical incapacity, absence or imprisonment, unable to act.

(3) If a family representative notifies the Registrar in writing that he no longer wishes to act as a family representative, the Registrar shall after due investigation delete his name from the register and notify the remaining family representatives of that fact.

(4) Subject to the provisions of Section 88 of this Law, on the application in writing by a member of the family, the Registrar may amend the register by
inserting additional names to the list of family representatives where it consists of less than ten (10) members.

(5) The court may at any time, on the application of a member of the family, order the name of any family representative to be added or deleted from the register, and the Registrar shall on receipt of a certified copy of the order, add or delete the name.

(6) Notwithstanding the addition or deletion from the register of the name of any family representative, where two or more family representatives remain on the register, they shall have all the powers of family representatives appointed under this Law, but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting a person duly appointed as a sole representative from exercising the powers of family representatives under this Law.

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