LAND LAW 1

TUTORIAL

QUESTION 1

a) Distinguish between Registry Title and Land Office Title. (5 marks)

b) Distinguish between express conditions and restrictions in interest on a document of title.

Give examples for both. (5 marks)

c) Explain what is meant be ‘dealings capable of being effected’ and how a dealing is taken

to be ‘registered’ under the National Land Code 1965. (5 marks)

QUESTION 2

When Ali received his land title from the land office, he noticed that his name has been wrongly

spelt and no identity card number was mentioned on the issue document of title. His wife Anna

advised him to ask for a replacement of land title but he is too busy to attend to it. He strongly

believes that he had not made any mistake when he presented the documents for transfer, but that

it should be the mistake of the registrar.

Advise Ali. (5 marks)

QUESTION 3

With reference to the case of Mohammad bin Buyong v. Pemungut Hasil Tanah Gombak & Ors

[1982] 2 MLJ 53, discuss the role of the Registrar as laid down in the provisions of the National

Land Code 1956. (8 marks)