Category: Nigeria


  • Section 51 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 51 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) On satisfaction that the registered holder of a mortgage has a right to consolidate his mortgage with any other mortgage, the Registrar shall, on the application of the holder, make…

  • Section 50 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 50 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: A mortgagor may create a subsequent mortgage in the same manner as the first mortgage and the same provisions with all necessary changes shall apply, but a sale under any express…

  • Section 49 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 49 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) The holder of any land, sub-lease or mortgage under this Law may by a document in the prescribed form create a mortgage to secure the payment of a debt, or…

  • Section 48 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 48 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) Where a registered sub-lease has been determined by-(a) effluxion of time;(b) the happening of an event upon which the sub-lease is expressed to determine; or(c) lawful re-entry and recovery of…

  • Section 47 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 47 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) A sub-lease may be surrendered by a document of surrender in the prescribed form or by writing the word “Surrendered” with the date of surrender, on the original or duplicate…

  • Section 46 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 46 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: Where a sub-lease has been varied in accordance with section 45 of this Law, the Registrar may, if satisfied that the person requesting for the registration is the holder of a…

  • Section 45 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 45 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: Except where a registered sub-lease has been forfeited in accordance with the existing law, the agreements and conditions contained in the sublease may be varied, and the terms of any sub-lease…

  • Section 44 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 44 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) A sub-lease for a term to commence on a future date shall not exceed twenty-one (21) years from the date of the sub-lease and no person shall be put on…

  • Section 43 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 43 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: Where any land is subject to a mortgage, no sub-lease of such land shall be registered without prior consent in writing of the mortgagee unless the instrument creating the mortgage expressly…

  • Section 42 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 42 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: A sub-lease for a term of five (5) years or a sub-lease with an option to renew for a total aggregate of five (5) years or more shall be registrable subject…