Section 61 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 61 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) Where under the provisions of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Law, a court has granted a certificate of absolute sale to the person declared to be the purchaser of immovable property which is subject to this Law, the relevant section of that law shall have effect as if they were added after the word “interest” where it secondly occurs, the words “when duly registered under this Law”;
and the said section shall, for the purpose of this subsection only, be deemed to be so amended accordingly.

(2) Subject to obtaining the Governor’s consent –
(a) on receipt of the proceeds of the sale for which a certificate was issued under subsection (1) of this section, the beneficiaries shall forward an application accompanied by the certificate of sale and the necessary fee to the Registrar for registration of the sale; and

(b) the Registrar shall, on receipt of the certificates, registration fee and the payment of stamp duty, if applicable, enter in the register the name of the person described in the certificate as purchaser of the land, sub-lease or mortgage, after which the Registrar shall file the certificate.

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