Category: Nigeria


  • Section 171 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 171 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Validation of appointments where objects are excluded or take illusory shares. It provides as follows: (1) No appointment made in exercise of any power to…

  • Section 170 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 170 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Protection of purchasers claiming under certain void appointments. It provides as follows: (1) An instrument purporting to exercise a power of appointment over property,which, in…

  • Section 169 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 169 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Disclaimer of power. It provides as follows: (1) A person to whom any power, whether coupled with an interest or not, isgiven may by deed…

  • Section 168 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 168 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Release of powers simply collateral. It provides as follows: A person to whom any power, whether coupled with an interest or not, is givenmay by…

  • Section 167 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 167 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Application of Part VI to existing leases. It provides as follows: This Part of this Law, except where otherwise expressly provided, applies toleases created before…

  • Section 166 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 166 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Leases invalidated by reason of non-compliance with terms of powers under which they are granted. It provides as follows: (1) Where in the intended exercise…

  • Section 165 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 165 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Provision as to attornments by tenants. It provides as follows: (1) Where land is subject to a lease the conveyance of a reversion in the…

  • Section 164 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 164 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Surrender of a lease, without prejudice to underleases with a view to the grant of a new lease. It provides as follows: (1) A lease…

  • Section 163 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 163 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Abolition of intereste termini, and as to reversionary leases and leases for lives. It provides as follows: (1) The doctrine of interesse termini is hereby…

  • Section 162 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 162 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Waiver of a covenant in a lease. It provides as follows: (1) Where any actual waiver by a lessor or the persons deriving title under…