Section 20 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 20 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Conveyances on behalf of lunatics and as to lands held by them on trust for sale. It provides as follows:

(1) Where a legal estate in land is vested in a lunatic, either solely or jointly with
any other person or persons, his committee or receiver shall, under an order in lunacy or of the court, or under any statutory power, make or concur in making all requisite dispositions for conveying or creating a legal estate in the name and on behalf of the lunatic.

(2) If land held on trust for sale is vested in a lunatic, either solely or jointly with any other person or persons, a new trustee shall be appointed in his place, or he shall
be otherwise discharged from the trust, before the legal estate is dealt with under the trust for sale or under the powers vested in the trustees for sale.