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LAND TITLES ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 26 of 2004
A1369
(b) on application presented to him by any person, if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the error or omission is of a clerical nature only and that the rectification will not materially affect the interest of the owner of registered land or a registered charge, or the lessee of a registered long term lease; or
(c) in any other case, with the consent of all persons interested.

(2) The Registrar shall—

(a) on application presented to him by a person stating that there has been a change in his name; and
(b) on proof to his satisfaction of that change,

make an entry in the Title Register to record the change if that person’s former name is the subject of an entry in the Title Register.

(3) Where—

(a) pursuant to section 61(3), the name of a minor is entered in the Title Register as the owner of registered land or a registered charge, or as the lessee of a registered long term lease; and
(b) the owner or lessee, as the case may be, attains full age,

then the owner or lessee, as the case may be, may make an application to the Registrar to remove the words in the Title Register which describe him as a minor.

(4) On receipt of an application under subsection (3), the Registrar shall, if he is satisfied that the owner or lessee concerned has attained full age, remove the words in the Title Register which describe him as a minor.

82. Rectification by Court

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 83, the Court may, on application by any person, order the rectification of the Title Register by directing that an entry therein relating to registered land or a registered long term lease be removed or altered, or that an entry relating to registered land or a registered long term lease which has been omitted from the Title Register be entered therein, if the Court is satisfied that the entry was obtained, made or omitted, as the case may be, by or as a result of—

(a) the fraud, mistake or omission of any person; or
(b) a void or voidable instrument.

(2) No order may be made under subsection (1) so as to affect the title of a person who is the registered owner of registered land or the registered lessee of a registered long term lease, and who is in possession of the land and has acquired the land or lease for valuable consideration, unless the Court is satisfied—