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Registration of Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2000

An Act amending the law on the registration of instruments (such as deeds and documents affecting land) in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Registration of Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2000 amends the principal law on the registration of instruments in Sierra Leone — the system for registering deeds and other documents, particularly those affecting interests in land, to give notice and determine priority.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Registration of Instruments legislation and must be read together with it. The registration system is an important part of the land-law and conveyancing framework.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the principal Registration of Instruments legislation.
  • Concerns the registration of deeds and documents affecting land.
  • Relates to notice and priority of registered instruments.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.