Category: Nigeria


  • Section 183 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 183 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Acquisitions of reversions at an under-value. It provides as follows: (1) No acquisition made in good faith, without fraud or unfair dealing, of anyreversionary interest…

  • Section 182 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 182 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Voluntary disposition of land: how far voidable as against purchasers. It provides as follows: (1) Every voluntary disposition of land made with intent to defraud…

  • Section 181 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 181 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Voluntary conveyances to defraud creditors voidable. It provides as follows: (1) Save as provided in this section, every conveyance of property, madewhether before or after…

  • Section 180 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 180 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Power for court to settle the beneficial interests of a lunatic. It provides as follows: (1) The court may direct a settlement to be made…

  • Section 179 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 179 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Restriction on accumulation for the purchase of land. It provides as follows: (1) No person may settle or dispose of any property in such manner…

  • Section 178 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 178 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Qualification of restrictions on accumulation. It provides as follows: Where accumulations of surplus income are made during a minority under thegeneral law, the period for…

  • Section 177 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 177 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about General restrictions on accumulation of income. It provides as follows: (1) No person may by any instrument or otherwise settle or dispose of anyproperty in…

  • Section 176 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 176 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Validation of certain gifts void for remoteness. It provides as follows: (1) Where in a will, settlement or other instrument the absolute vesting eitherof capital…

  • Section 175 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 175 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Restrictions on the perpetuity rule. It provides as follows: (1) For removing doubts, it is hereby declared that the rule of law relating toperpetuities does…

  • Section 174 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 174 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Abolition of the double possibility role. It provides as follows: (1) The rule of law prohibiting the limitation, after a life interest to an unbornperson,…