Section 34 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 34 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) Where land is held in common by several persons, the Registrar may, on the receipt of an application from one or more of the holders or a person in whose favour an order for the sale of an undivided share of such land has been made, approve the partition.

(2) The Registrar shall prescribe minimum areas or frontages or consent required by any authority to partition the land mentioned in subsection (1) of this Section, partition the land as agreed by the holders in common, and where there is no agreement, as he may direct.

(3) The partitioning of land shall be completed by closing any relevant register and opening new registers and also by filing the application together with the agreement or the order in the Land Registry.

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