TAR OF 1S 24 Tie Registrar of Titles High Cours (Odoki, Ag. J.): Jenary 30th, 1980 (Mise, Cause No. 7A of 1977). Tand Inv — wna fide perehaser — position of bona £13 .de_purchasss for Yalue vie = = vie gue who obisins title by fraud = paradox of refi sion conveyancing. Zend Ton = "omer" = meaning of omer" — owner" w/a.190 R-BeAsnot ‘defines — "owner" hereunder includes any peraon who possesses or ‘elaine a resistrable interest whother the interen cauiteble who nay uring an application under 6.190 BeP.A.. Zand Jay - registiotion of titles — 2.f.A, 9,190 = RuTA. for registrar to substantiate hie refusal t0 resister ~ | 2. of bringing ave] cation = application tobe brouht = | Dy originating summons w/oo i C.FAR = notice of motion irremlars This was en application by notice cr roticn brought u/o.190-R,T.k. by the applicant, calling vpon the Regivursr to appear and substantiate + his grounds for Tefusing to register 320 acres of lend situate ot Kjgalama in the nares of Yasuru Geliwango who died in 1939. The application was ouzported by an effidavit of the applicant, the son e of the late Yusufu Saliwe~gos Yusufu Caiivango bed bought the sane 1end from one Mukasa in 1920, wit Galinange died before registering the land into his nascs, By a forged agreenent dated 30/9/1952, onc Katenba purported to have obteinee the suit land ao 2 Gift fro Galimango. On 5/2/1953, Katenba forged a transfer ci toc aid Lend into his nauee end he woo duly nope 29 proprietor thereof, By a transfer dated 8/2/1955, Katembs}sold the lend to Salongo wid thereby became the registered propefélor of the ssid 1a) In 1958, the spplicant found out Katemba'y fraud wheroupon ho prosecuted Katemba in crimizs} case before the Principal Court of Buganda, Katemba vas convicted of forgery and sentenced to imprison ment, and an order naw made that "the end comprised in the 320 acrs at Kigalana be trancferred into the names of Yusufu Galiwango by the Agpictant Registrar of Titles," katemba's appeal againbt this decision ves diumicced end the devisfon of the principal court confirned. The applicant tricd to aaforce the said court order but the Agsistant Regiowar, refused, advising that the applicant should firet obtain a consequential o yetore the land eculd be registered in Galiwango's names. He a! the applicuns.to .semeh. the regis? Biree the register showed present proprietor.Bioog] 1.0. aiixoa v, REGIOMAR OF £7 Bees SaLOnEDy detor testified thot he never Iner about keteata having besn prosecuted Tor TSN OT respect=of_thé about Netriue aasitved learning of Satembe’® Gmprisonsent, and his putt Dae by the epplizant in a ofvil cate 20 Frineipel Court being ends lowover, the progeeaingo 3” 1S “Givi. cose were otaye oe tne criminal ease against Kateiba vas erill penésogy: When the ae the orihae ceaea dn hia favour, the apphseart Qeciada-to sbandon ‘the etvil cases > : ae xeapontent atgackea tats epplicntigg.cn We Sigiy anat applica beh po right to.snvols the revise Gyo or190 BeTeAs epplicons oat re dunes nor o proprietor oF an Ussclects Ta rep} 2 net they oP olieant contended gat the opplscesen Tee wrougat qonneel £0 Gipuls, abeordang to whieh any poveon. Oe yeoa an She JSG apply vo the court for who aeteratneticn of bis elaine HEIDE 1. Mhereao the onmor and proprietor ¢oute aavoke the Peoviatons of 2-290 R.t-A., 48, woo ROY Slee ‘who Brovioions Sf ince only "proprietor" wae definee an omen $9) Peg. include any person. who, possepPes in tr2orrable interest in Jend whether 23ee Breer aee legal er equitable. ' Accordinetys seers abplicant in tie instant case wae the Af the wetad a right to make the application vf’ 190 Pee tb, the. proper procedure for bringing an cop)sestson ge PA origineting sunnons ere cipsfle and not by actice of notion of A\o wore in ahe instant cose. Although the ) procedure followed in bringing the fee veviiestion was therefore wrung, the court oPrth ignere tne procedural defects 2-3 veredder tbe, application on ite merits, ee re oe ee ee Before © Pergpd agoinat a registered preprigter recovery Of {tered ee proprietor, he £4rat Rae £0 oe Te scart bo ones os nln SPRY to ee referred to ao @ consequcntiel Onder Such order wos ge consequent ugon the recovery of shee Ae ee ee tae omy method presersbed DY We londs TMs TReoutire orders oF averces relating £0 Boe ea dant, Aeoordingly, the Regsstrer oF registered Avot itiod in refusing to tranafor the Titles vee dev panes of Yusuru Goliwango. before end inte woe had cotatnea 0 consequential Orders q te tocorting 40 safe ita. tn® este of bone S806 porches for ginopistered varough fraud could S058 Pora0n ne ae ghana Fide ponehoner £0F ves 2e wees a good 4826 te Serra bono Fide purchacor 6°, Vall ES te Ruy te the fra se eer op the paradomes ta ene Instant ooce, fviqngo vas 9 tann sds rucchages ds oe Tustant, coger got moe therefore te SupeHETES for vatus and Mees puapbing not be ent his title frenied¥STRAR OF 12 | Le _ one vegiatere’ by fraud, wiloss it wes proved, nich wma not, that he me not o dona fide purchaser for value or that be was privy or o party to the fraud perpertrated by Ketenba.’ Accorainaly, - was: protected by-e4185 NB Application dismissed "Another doubt T entertain ie whether an order ina criminal — | ease can Zorm a basis for a consequential ofder, tinder Bection 165 of the Regiotration of Titlew Act. The reason for this doubt 1s that At to mot noru] for one to recover land in a criminal case, ao such o t woul? not normally determine the deaue of title to land which i : Usually e civil matter, I leave this matter open ag it does not affec ny decision in this application, “Before I take leave of this matter I should like to express the view that in epplicetions brought under Section 190 of the Act it is practice to cunnon the Chief Registrar of Titles himself ora profes: Aonally qiualitied Registrar of Titles to appear and substantiete the grounds for refusing to register an interest in land, I do:not. thin thot it is sufficient to sumor. an Assistant’ Registrar of Titlea who though converscut with registration practice, may not be in a pooiti to argue intricate legal issues. which are normally presented by the imterpretation and application of the Registration of Titles Act.” egislation coneidered: The Registratice cf Titles Act, (Cap. 205) aay 185, 169, 150. nsien. ef te Civve v. 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