Section 35 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 35 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Conveyance or devise of legal estate to infant operative only as declaration to create a trust for sale. It provides as follows:

(1) A conveyance of a legal estate in land to an infant alone or to two or more
persons jointly, both or all of whom are infants, for his or their own benefit shall
operate only as a declaration that such legal estate is vested in the person who made the conveyance upon trust to convey the same to trustees for sale for the benefit of the infant or infants.

(2) A devise of a legal estate in land to an infant alone or to two or more persons
jointly, both or all of whom are infants, for his or their benefit shall operate only as
a declaration that such legal estate is vested in the personal representatives of the
testator upon trust, subject and without prejudice to the rights and powers of such
personal representatives for purposes of administration, to convey the same to
trustees for sale for the benefit of the infant or infants.