Section 32 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 32 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Limitation of land by way of succession to create trust for sale. It provides as follows:

(1) Where any land is, before the commencement of this Law, limited to or in
trust for any person by way of succession the same shall be deemed to be held on a
trust for sale upon such trusts and subject to such powers as are necessary to give
effect to the rights of the persons to whom the land is limited; and, after the
commencement of this Law, land may be limited as aforesaid only by the creation
of such a trust for sale.

(2) When land is for the time being
(a) limited in trust for any persons for an estate in fee simple or for a term of years
absolute subject to an executory limitation, gift or disposition over on failure of his
issue or in any other event;

(b) limited in trust for any person in possession, being an infant, for an estate in fee
simple or for a term of years absolute; or

(c) limited in trust for any person for an estate in fee simple or for a term of years absolute contingently on the happening of any event, it shall, for the purposes of this Law, be deemed to be limited for persons by way of succession.