Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Registration Of Title Act (No. 21 of 1998)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.	   Short title and date of operation  
   2.	   Commissioner of Title Settlement  
   3.	   Registrar General of Title and Title Registries  
   4.	   Unit of record  
   5.	   Method of registration  
   6.	   All officers to be public servants  
   7.	   Conciliation Boards  
   8.	   Reference to Conciliation Boards  
   9.	   Powers duties of Conciliation Boards  
   10.	   Registration of title to land parcel to be in accordance with Cadastral Map  
   11.	   Preparation of cadastral maps  
   12.	   Publication of Notice  
   13.	   Investigation  
   14.	   Order of Declaration  
   15.	   Appointment of manager powers and duties  
   16.	   Rights of co-owners  
   17.	   Beneficiaries may request appointment of new Manager  
   18.	   Power of Commissioner of Title settlement to appoint new Manager  
   19.	   Registration of State land  
   20.	   Registration of interest in land parcel  
   21.	   Reference of claims to District Court  
   22.	   Claimant aggrieved may make an appeal to District Court  
   23.	   Additional surveys  
   24.	   Order of Court  
   25.	   Commission to Surveyor-General  
   26.	   Schedule of Title to be despatched to registrar of Title on conclusion of investigations  
   27.	   Contents of Schedule to be Registrar  
   28.	   Transactions relating to land parcels registered under the Act, not to be entered under Registration of Documents Ordinance  
   29.	   Person aggrieved by registration may apply to District Court  
   30.	   Where District Court orders amendment of Register  
   31.	   Conversion of Title to one of First Class Title of Absolute Ownership  
   32.	   Effect of registration  
   33.	   Entries in Title Register to be conclusive evidence of the rights conferred there in  
   34.	   Inspection of Register and cadastral map  
   35.	   Certification by Registrar to be prima facie evidence  
   36.	   Sub-division or amalgamation of units  
   37.	   Certificate of Title  
   38.	   Interest in land parcel not acquired unless registration  
   39.	   Transactions relating to a land parcel to be made in accordance with Act  
   40.	   Who may present instrument for registration  
   41.	   Day book  
   42.	   Prior Title  
   43.	   Form of instruments relating to a land parcel  
   44.	   Duties of Attestor  
   45.	   Attestor to forward instruments attested within seven days  
   46.	   The Registrar of Title not to register instrument conveying title in future  
   47.	   Part of land parcel not to be transferred unless new registers are opened  
   48.	   Instrument conferring co-ownership invalid  
   49.	   Instrument to take effect on registration  
   50.	   Registration of horizontal sub-division of buildings  
   51.	   Filing of condominium plan by superintendent of surveys  
   52.	   Mode of registration of condominium parcels  
   53.	   Retention and destruction of instruments  
   54.	   Registration of wills, and instruments executed in terms there of  
   55.	   Registered owner dying intestate  
   56.	   Registration of Ownership  
   57.	   Prescription  
   58.	   Rectification and indemnity  
   59.	   Where Court orders rectification  
   60.	   Person suffering loss or damage to be indemnified  
   61.	   No indemnity payable on surplus or deficiency  
   62.	   Insurance Fund  
   63.	   Partition Act not to apply  
   64.	   Offences  
   65.	   Offences relating to registers  
   66.	   Fees  
   67.	   Regulations  
   68.	   Miscellaneous  
   69.	   Land Consolidation  
   70.	   Notice declaring areas in which the principal of minimum economic unit will apply  
   71.	   Use of computer and micro filming facilities  
   72.	   Protections or action  
   73.	   Conflict with other laws  
   74.	   Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency  
   75.	   Interpretation