View All - 1998 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances REGISTRATION OF TITLEMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Registration of Title Act, No. 21 of 1998 and shall apply to such Province, Administrative District or Administrative Division as the Minister may from time to time, by Order published in the Gazette, specify as an area to which this Act shall apply.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 dispatched to registrar of Title on conclusion of investigations. 27. Contents of Schedule to be entered 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.