General Registry

Cap. 327 · Revised Edition 2020 · 91 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Establishment of General Registry and appointment of officers
s. 4Officers may perform Registrar’s duties, unless otherwise provided
s. 5Powers and duties of the Registrar
s. 6Further powers and duties may be transferred to Registrar
s. 7Validity of existing records
s. 8Proof required under oath
s. 9Penalty for untrue statement
s. 10Allowance of access to records on payment of fees
s. 11Establishment of Land Registry
s. 12The “Land Title Register”
s. 13Interests for which certificates of title shall be issued
s. 14Kinds of certificates of title
s. 15Mode of preparing, registering and issuing certificate of title
s. 16Noting of legal charges and incumbrances on certificate
s. 17Date of commencement of registered title
s. 18Dealing with the land after registration
s. 19Contents of certificate and powers of registered proprietor
s. 20Effects of first registration
s. 21Issue of First Certificates to landowners registered at commencement of this Act
s. 22Issue of First Certificate in other cases
s. 23Application for the issue of First Certificate
s. 24Notings on and numbering of First Certificate
s. 25Mode of transferring land, etc
s. 26Memorandum of transfer
s. 27Noting of legal charges and incumbrances on certificate of title
s. 28Transfer of portion only of land and necessary consent in some cases
s. 29Transferee to be liable for legal charges, etc., noted on certificate of title
s. 30Transfer of easements or incorporeal rights
s. 31Provisions for transfer of land to trustees, and issue of new titles on death
s. 32Title of Registered proprietor “as trustee”
s. 33New certificate to personal representative
s. 34Issue of new certificate of title to devisee on death of registered proprietor
s. 35Issue of new certificate of title to official administrator
s. 36On issue of new certificate of title, all legal estates, charges and incumbrances to be noted
s. 37Issue of new certificate to trustee in bankruptcy, etc
s. 38Issue of new certificate of title to assignee, etc., of insolvent registered proprietor
s. 39Transmissions of legal charge or incumbrance on death, bankruptcy, etc., of chargee or incumbrancee
s. 40Particulars to be furnished for obtaining certificate of title for term of years
s. 41Issue of certificate of title to term of years
s. 42Requisites for obtaining certificate of title to easement
s. 43Application of Limitation Act to registered land
s. 44Form of the Register
s. 45Creation of legal charges
s. 46Registration of deeds creating legal charges
s. 47Time of taking effect of legal charge
s. 48Requisites for registration of deeds
s. 49Registration of assignment of legal charges
s. 50Incumbrances to be registered under this Act
s. 51Mode of constituting incumbrances
s. 52Noting of incumbrance on certificate of title
s. 53Date of registration to be entered on certificate
s. 54Registration of assignment of incumbrance
s. 55Land Charges Assignment Register
s. 56Date of assignment or incumbrance
s. 57On payment and satisfaction of legal charge or an incumbrance, noting on certificate of title to be accordingly
s. 58Transfer of lease
s. 59Noting by Registrar
s. 60Registrar may state a case for decision of court in questions arising under this Act
s. 61Registrar to obtain direction of court upon questions of difficulty and powers of Court
s. 62Party aggrieved by act of Registrar may bring question before the court
s. 63In cases of error or fraud, the court may compel return of certificate of title to Registrar, etc
s. 64Court may order cancellation or amendment of proprietor’s duplicate
s. 65Registrar may require production of proprietor’s duplicate, and attendance of witnesses
s. 66On proof of loss of proprietor’s duplicate, new duplicate may be issued
s. 67Nominal index of parties to instruments
s. 68Persons entitled to prepare documents under this Act
s. 69Offences
s. 70Meaning of “deed”
s. 71Certain documents invalid unless recorded in a certain time
s. 72Reference to order extending time
s. 73Memorandum of acknowledgment, etc
s. 74Summons to enforce production and recording
s. 75Subpoena ad testificandum
s. 76Proof where witnesses dead or living out of Belize
s. 77Wills to be recorded
s. 78Recording of deed executed under a power of attorney
s. 79Registrar to examine execution of deeds and proof thereof
s. 80Statement of number of folios
s. 81File books, receipt, etc
s. 82Certificate of Registrar
s. 83When unrecorded deeds, and unwritten mortgages, void
s. 84Presenting for record to date as recording
s. 85Recorded deeds, records or certified copies of records, admissible in evidence
s. 86Cancellation, etc., of recorded deeds
s. 87Any document may be recorded, if proved
s. 88Perjury
s. 89Certain documents may be received without proof
s. 90Cancellation of record at suit of person injuriously affected
s. 91Power of Registrar to make rules