Cap. 296 Art. 25Persons entitled to be registered as proprietors of land.

The following persons only may be registered as proprietors of land, that is to say -

(a) the owner, a trustee, the dominus, the emphyteuta, the bare owner, the usufructuary;

(b) the person in whom the absolute possession of the property of an absentee and the absolute exercise of the rights depending upon his death have been granted by a judgment or order of the court; and

(c) the competent authority holding land in use and possession or on public tenure, or any assignee of such rights, and the person entitled to the acquisition rent or the recognition rent: Provided that the holder of a legal usufruct may not be registered as proprietor, but may have his interest protected on the register.