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Federal Lands Registry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

1.             Establishment of a Federal Lands Registry, etc.

2.             Functions of the Registry.

3.             Appointment of the Registrar of Deeds.

4.             Appointment of other staff.

5.             Service in the Registry to be pensionable.

6.             Fund of the Registry.

7.             Expenditure of the Registry.

8.             Annual estimates, accounts and audit.

9.             Annual report.

10.          Power of the Minister to give directives.

11.          Interpretation.

12.          Short title.

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FEDERAL LANDS REGISTRY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Federal Lands Registry to register all titles to Federal Government lands and for matters connected therewith.

[1992 No.7.]

[14th February, 1992]

[Commencement. ]

WHEREAS the Federal Government is desirous of effecting proper control over the records relating to Federal Government land holdings;

AND WHEREAS it is essential to ascertain the extent of Federal Government lands and keep proper accounts of all Federal Government acquisitions throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to prevent illegal encroachment on Federal lands registered in State Land Registries.

1.            Establishment of a Federal Lands Registry, etc.

(1) There is hereby established under this Act, a registry to be known as the Federal Lands Registry (in this Act referred to as “the Registry”).
(2) The Registry shall be-
(a) a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal;
(b) capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name; and
(c) capable of acquiring, holding or disposing of any property, movable or immovable, for the  purpose of carrying out its functions.
(3) The headquarters of the Registry shall be situated in Lagos and there shall be established a branch office of the Registry in each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
(4) The Registry shall constitute a division under the Urban and Regional Development Department of the Ministry.
(5) The Registry shall consist of three sections, that is-
(a) cadastral;
(b) deeds; and

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