Section 59 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 59 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Saving for and exercise of other powers under settlement. It provides as follows:

(1) Nothing in this Law shall take away, abridge, or prejudicially affect any
power for the time being subsisting under a settlement or by statute or otherwise,
exercisable by trustees for sale, and the powers given by this Law are cumulative.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 58, in case of conflict
between the provisions of a settlement and the provisions of this Law relative to any
matter in respect of which the trustees for sale exercise any power under this Law,
the provisions of this Law shall prevail.

(3) If a question arises or a doubt is entertained respecting any matter within this
section the trustees for sale or any other person interested under the settlement may apply to the court for its decision thereon, and the court may make such order respecting the matter as the court thinks fit.