Section 39 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 39 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) Judicial notice shall be taken of the signature of the Registrar and Deputy Registrars, and every document signed either manually or electronically by any of them shall in all proceedings be received as sufficient evidence unless the contrary is proven.

(2) The register in the Land Registry shall be conclusive evidence of entries in the register and any person who requires an extract of any entry as evidence in court may do so with the leave of court.

(3) No leave of court or any other process compelling the production of any part of the register, the Land Registry map, any title document or plan filed in the Land Registry shall be issued, where an extract or other secondary evidence will suffice.

(4) Every copy or extract certified by the Registrar shall in any proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of the original entry of the matter and transactions recorded or registered in the register, the Land Registry map or any title document or plan filed in the Land Registry.

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