Act 16 Land Act 1998 (2) Where the parties agree to subdivide the land and become owners of individual portions of the subdivided land or where the parties agree to become joint proprietors of the land, they shall provide the Registrar with documentary evidence of their agreement and certified survey plans where applicable, and the Registrar shall( a) make the appropriate entries on the certificate of title of the land; ( b) issue new certificates of title-to the parties; ( c) inform the Recorder of the changes that must be made to the certificate of occupancy, including where relevant the cancellation of the certificate. Abandonment and tennination of occupancy. 38. (I) Subject to section 28 where a tenant by occupancy voluntarily abandons his or her occupancy( a) the right of occupancy shall lapse; (b) the occupant may remove any structures, building and other things placed by him or her on the land but not dams or trees; ( c) the occupant is not entitled to any compensation for loss of the occupancy. (2) For the purposes of subsection (I) of this section a person shall be taken to have abandoned his or her occupancy( a) where he or she gives notice to the registered owner of his or her intention to abandon the occupancy; or ( b) where he or she leaves the whole of the land unattended to by himself or herself or member of his or her family or his or her authorised agent for three years or more. (3) Where the occupant proves that he or she was under disability during any part of the period, the period of three years shall be extended by the period during which disability prevented the tenant by occupancy from exercising his or her right of occupancy and there was no member of the family and no .authorised agent who could exercise the right of occu1>.ancy on behalf of the tenant. 44

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