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LAND TITLES ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 26 of 2004
A1363

75. Power of Court to inhibit dealings

(1) The Court may, if it appears to the Court that it is necessary or desirable to do so for the purpose of protecting an interest or claim in relation to registered land, a registered charge or a registered long term lease, make an order inhibiting the registration of any dealing in the land, charge or lease, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit—

(a) for a particular period;
(b) until the occurrence of a particular event; or
(c) generally until the making of a further order by the Court.

(2) The person who has obtained an inhibition shall present to the Registrar an application for the registration of the inhibition, supported by a copy of the inhibition under seal of the Court, and on such presentation the Registrar shall register the inhibition.

(3) An inhibition shall not affect registered land, a registered charge or a registered long term lease until the inhibition has been registered.

76. Effect of inhibitions

While an inhibition remains registered, no dealing which is inconsistent with it shall be registered.

77. Removal of inhibitions

The registration of an inhibition shall not be removed from the Title Register except on the presentation to the Registrar of an application for the removal of that registration on one or more of the following grounds—

(a) on the expiration of the period limited by the inhibition;
(b) on proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar of the occurrence of the event specified in the inhibition;
(c) on the registered land or the registered charge affected by the inhibition being sold by a chargee, unless such sale is itself inhibited; or
(d) by order of the Court.

78. Restrictions by Registrar

(1) The Registrar may, in respect of registered land, a registered charge or a registered long term lease, and—

(a) after an application for an order under this section being presented to him by an interested person;
(b) after—