This Act provides rules relative to sale and other transactions concerning land. It also concerns (statutory) mortgages, easements and selected matters regarding leases. The Act requires contracts for sale etc. to be in writing. All conveyances of land or of any interest therein are void for the purpose of conveying or creating a legal estate unless made by deed.

This Act concerns rights of persons entitled in possession to land under a contract of tenancy whether express or implied. It provides protection of such rights.

This Act provides with respect to the registration of every parcel of land for which a folio of the Register is established under this Act.The Act consists of 81 sections divided into 8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); The Register (III); Instruments and Dealings with Land (IV); Transmissions, Liquidation and Trust (V); Effect of Registration (VI); Assurance Fund and Compensation (V

The forms required to be prescribed under sections 3(1), 4(2)(b), 5(1),5 (3) and (9), 6(1), 7(1), 8(1) and 22(8) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1994 are the forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. The forms concern various matters of land acquisition, including: notice of likely acquisition; various kinds land acquisition orders; notification of acquisition to the land registrar.