Section 106 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 106 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) If any question arises as regards the performance of any duty or the exercise of any function conferred on the Registrar by this Law, he may state a case for the opinion of the High Court.

(2) Every person aggrieved by – decision of the Registrar on any matter which he is by this Law authorized to decide, including a matter in his discretion, may within one (1) month from the date of the decision, give notice to the Registrar in the prescribed form of his intention to appeal to the Court against such decision or order.

(3) On receipt of a notice of appeal, the Registrar shall prepare and send a brief statement of the question in issue to the Court, the appellant and any other person appearing in the register to be affected by the appeal.

(4) On the hearing of the appeal, the appellant, the Registrar and any other person who. in the opinion of the Court is affected by the appeal, may, subject to any rules of the court, appear and be heard in person or by a Legal Practitioner.

(5) The court may make such order on the appeal as the circumstances may require and that order shall be obeyed by the Registrar.

(6) The cost of the appeal shall be at the discretion of the court.

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