Conveyance of sale by order of court

(1) Subject to the General Registry Act, Cap. 327, the court shall, at any time after payment of the price, order and direct the Registrar, (a) in the case of registered land, to issue a certificate of title to the land sold, free from any noting of and encumbrances on the former certificate of to the encumbrance in respect of which the sale was made; or (b) in the case of unregistered land, to convey the land sold free from any legal charges and encumbrances recorded subsequent to the encumbrance in respect of which the sale was made. (2) The date of the new certificate of title or conveyance, as the case may be, shall relate back to the day on which the sale was made. (3) The Registrar shall, if the land is registered land, also cancel the former certificate of title, the duplicate of which shall be delivered up to the Registrar by the former registered proprietor or other person having custody of it.