Section 29 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 29 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Section, documents creating interests in the register shall irrespective of their dates have priority according to the order in which they were presented for registration.

(2) Documents for registration may be delivered by hand, post or courier and the document shall be registered on that day if its delivery at the Land Registry is within the hours of registration; otherwise it shall be registered at the commencement of business on the next working day.

(3) Where two or more documents are sent separately by post or courier in respect of the same transaction, they shall be deemed to have been receive at the Land Registry at the time the last document was received.

(4) Where the Registrar is of the opinion that a question of priority or conflict of interest has arisen between any of the documents mentioned in
subsection (3) of this section, he may refuse registration until he has heard and determined the rights of the parties interested in the documents.

(5) A document prepared by the Registrar is deemed to be registered on presentation of an application and shall have the effect of registration.

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