Application for first certificate of title to land, etc., based on conveyance by deed, etc

(1) The application shall be accompanied, in the case of any land, estate, interest, power or right in respect of which a certificate of title may be issued under section 41 of the Law of Property Act, alleged to be based upon a conveyance by deed and other documents pursuant to paragraph (c) of section 22 of the Act, byCAP. 190. CAP. 327. (a) all such original deeds and other documents relating to the title as the applicant has in his possession or under his control, including opinions of counsel, abstracts of title, contracts for or conditions of sale, requisitions, replies and other like documents, in regard to the title; (b) a list of all such documents delivered; (c) sufficient particulars appearing on or from any plan, map or diagram or otherwise, to enable the land to be clearly identified; 12 General Registry (d) an affidavit proving that the applicant has served on all proprietors of adjoining lands notice of his intending application. (2) Service of the notice may be effected on the proprietors of the adjoining lands by– (a) handing them the notice personally and informing them of the nature and purport thereof; or (b) leaving the notice at their last and most usual places of abode; or (c) affixing the notice to some conspicuous place on the adjoining lands if they cannot with reasonable diligence be found. (3) In this rule, “proprietors of adjoining lands” means the legal owners of the lands or the occupiers or the persons in possession of the lands situate on and adjoining all boundaries of the land in respect of which the certificate of title is being applied for. lands. CAP. 327.