Section 84 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 84 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) A trustee in bankruptcy shall be registered as holder of any land, sub-lease or mortgage, in place of the bankrupt or bankrupt deceased person, the entry to be made in the register shall describe the trustee in bankruptcy as trustee of the property of (name of holder). A bankrupt, on application to the Registrar in the prescribed form, accompanied by a certified copy of the order of court adjudging a holder bankrupt, or directing that the estate of a deceased holder be administered according to the law of bankruptcy.

(2) The provisions of this Law shall apply to any trustee in bankruptcy as they apply to persons set out in it, but the doctrine of relation back shall have effect according to the laws of bankruptcy or the terms of the order of the court and not according to this Law.