Section 27 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 27 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Delegation of powers of management by trustees for sale. It provides as follows:

(1) The powers of and incidental to leasing, accepting surrenders of leases and
management, conferred on trustees for sale whether by this Law or otherwise, may,
until sale of the land, be revocably delegated from time to time, by writing, signed
by them, to any person of full age (not being merely an annuitant) for the time being
beneficially entitled in possession to the net rents and profits of the land during his
life or for any less period: and in favour of a lessee such writing shall, unless the
contrary appears, be sufficient evidence that the person named therein is a person to whom the powers may be delegated, and the production of such writing shall, unless the contrary appears, be sufficient evidence that the delegation has not been revoked.

(2) Any power so delegated shall be exercised only in the names and on behalf of
the trustees delegating the power.

(3) The persons delegating any power under this section shall not, in relation to the
exercise or purported exercise of the power, be liable for the acts or defaults of the
person to whom the power is delegated, but that person shall, in relation to the exercise of the power by him, be deemed to be in the position and to have the duties and liabilities of a trustee.