Section 7 of Land Registration Act 2012: Land registry

    

(1) There shall be maintained, in each registration unit, a land registry in which there shall be kept—
(a) a land register, in the form to be determined by the Commission;
(b) the cadastral map;
(c) parcel files containing the instruments and documents that support subsisting entries in the land register.
(d) any plans which shall, after a date appointed by the Commission, be geo-referenced;
(e) the presentation book, in which shall be kept a record of all applications numbered consecutively in the order in which they are presented to the registry;
(f) an index, in alphabetical order, of the names of the proprietors; and
(g) a register and a file of powers of attorney.
(2) The Registrar shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, make information in the land registry accessible to any person.
(3) In establishing the land registry, the Public Service Commission and Cabinet Secretary, shall be guided by the principles of devolution set out in Articles 174 and 175 of the Constitution.


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