Act 16 Land Act 1998 15. ( 1) On receipt of a decision of the Board approving an application for the conversion of customary tenure to freehold tenure or approving a grant of land in freehold tenure accompanied by a certified survey plan, the Registrar shall issue a freehold certificate of title to the applicant. Duties of Registrar in respect of applications under sections 10 and l l. (2) The Registrar may, in accordance with section 39A of the Registration of Titles Act, on the advice of the Commissioner for Surveys and Mapping, issue to the applicant a certificate of title endorsed with the words "Limited as to Parcels". (3) Where the decision of the Board includes a request under paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 14 that the Registrar shall endorse the certificate of title with an encumbrance so as to give effect to a restriction, conditi~n or limitation on the freehold title, the Registrar shall give effect to that request. 16. (1) A Communal Land Association may be formed by any group of persons in accordance with the provisions of this Act for any purpose connected with communal ownership and management of land, whether under customary law or otherwise. (2) Within each District, the District Registrar of Titles shall perform such functions relating to communal Land Associations as are conferred on that officer by this Act or as may be prescribed. (3) The District Registrar of Titles shall keep a public register of Associations in the prescribed form and shall exercise a broad and general supervision over the administration of the Associations within his or her district in order to ensure that they comply with their constitutions and manage the communal land under their control with due regard to the interests of the members of the Association, p.nd, without limiting the generali_ty of that function, he or she may, at any time that he or she 23 Communal Land Associations.

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