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AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF LAND AND TO THE REGISTRATION OF TITLE TO LAND
[LT 23] Priority of registration to give priority of title23
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Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every instrument presented for registration shall, unless it is a State grant, be attested by one witness, and shall be registered in the order of time in which the same is presented for that purpose, and instruments registered in respect of or affecting the same estate or interest shall, notwithstanding any express, implied or constructive notice, be entitled to priority according to the date of each registration and not according to the date of each instrument itself, and the Registrar, upon registration thereof, shall enter a memorial of the same in the register and, if such instrument is in duplicate as herein provided, he or she shall deliver the duplicate to the person entitled thereto, and as soon as it has been registered, every instrument shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be embodied in the register as part and parcel thereof.