Section 112 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 112 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) The Holding of land may be acquired by uninterrupted adverse possession –
(a) against the State after a period of twenty (20) years; and
(b) In any other case after a period of twelve (12) years.

(2) Arty person claiming to have acquired land by virtue of the provisions of subsection (f) of this Section shall, after having advertised or given notice in such manner as the Registrar may require, apply to the court for an order directing him to be registered as the holder of such land.

(3) Where it is shown that a person has been in possession of land or has received rent or profit from it at a certain date and such person is still in possession of such receipt, it shall be presumed that he has from that date, been in continuous possession or receipt of it until the contrary is shown.

(4) Possession of land or receipt of the rents or profits from it by any person through whom a claimant to the right derives title shall be deemed to have been in possession or receipt of the rents or profits by the claimants.

(5) Where from the relationship of the parties or any other special cause, it appears that the person in possession of land is or was in possession on behalf of another, his possession shall be deemed to be or to have been the possession of that other.

(6) If a person, whose possession of land is subject to conditions imposed by or on behalf of the holder, continues in such possession after the expiration of the term during which such conditions subsist without fulfilment or compliance with them by such person and without any exercise by the holder of the right to the land, such subsequent possession shall be deemed to be uninterrupted adverse possession, available for the purpose of this Law, and in the application of this subsection-

(a) a tenancy-at-will shall be deemed to have been determined at the expiration of a period of one year from its commencement unless it has previously been determined; and
(b) a tenancy/rom year to year or other period shall be deemed to have been determined at the expiration of the first year or other period:
Provided that where any rent is subsequently paid in respect of the
tenancy, it shall be deemed to have been determined at the expiration of
the period for which the rent was paid.

(7) Where at any time during the period prescribed by this section, the true holder is under any legal disability, the period of such disability shall not .count unless a court on application made by the claimant or the holder or any other person interested, otherwise directs, and the court shall have power to hear and dispose of the case by motion on notice.

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