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Contract of Sale
Contract of Sale
JAYAH RICHARD
(Vendor)
CONTRACT OF SALE
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Contract for Sale
BETWEEN
(the Vendor)
AND
MOROBE MINES LIMITED of P.O. Box 144, Port Moresby, National Capital
District, a company duly incorporated under the laws of Papua New Guinea.
(the Purchaser)
1. The Vendor sells and the Purchaser of his nominee buys all the Vendor’s
estate, title and interest in and to the land described in the First Schedule
hereto together with all buildings and fixtures thereon more particularly set
out in the Second Schedule hereto and together with the chattels which are
to set out and described in the Third Schedule hereto and which the Vendor
warrants to be his own unencumbered property (together referred to as “the
property”), free of all encumbrances other than those referred to in this
Agreement.
PURCHASE PRICE
3. The purchase price shall be paid by the Purchaser in the following manner: -
(b) the balance namely Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand Kina
(K360, 000.00) upon completion to the Vendor’s lawyer or as the
Vendor or his lawyer may direct in writing.
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4. The person to whom the deposit is paid shall account to the Vendor for it
upon receipt of an order in writing from the Purchaser or his lawyer
authorising such accounting.
ENCUMBRANCES
POSSESSION
7. The Purchaser or his lawyer may within fourteen (14) days of the date of this
contract make sure requisitions or objections not consistent with the terms of
this contract as he may see fit with regard to the title of the Vendor or
concerning any matters appearing in this contract. All requisitions or
objections not so made shall be deemed to have been waived by the
Purchaser and in default of such requisitions (if none) and subject to such (if
any) as are so delivered the Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted the
Vendor’s title.
8. If the Purchaser within the said fourteen (14) days makes any such
requisition or objection which the Vendor is unable or unwilling to remove
or comply with the Vendor or his lawyer (whether he has attempted to
remove or comply with the same notwithstanding any negotiation or
litigation in respect thereof) may give to the Purchaser of his lawyer notice in
writing of the Vendor’s intention to rescind the contract at the expiration of
fourteen (14) days from the date of service of that notice unless such
requisition or objection is withdrawn. If such notice is so given and the
requisition or objection is not withdrawn within fourteen (14) days the
contract shall thereupon be rescinded and the Vendor shall repay to the
Purchaser all deposit and other monies received by him or his agent on
account of the purchase price but without interest, cost and damages and
such repayment shall be accepted by the Purchaser in full satisfaction of all
claims.
OMISSION OR MISTAKE
DEFAULT BY PURCHASER
11. (a) If the Purchaser makes default in the performance or observance of any
of his obligations under this contract the Vendor shall not be entitled to
exercise any of his rights) other than his right to sue for the recovery of
any monies then owing and recoverable unless and until he serves on
the Purchaser a notice in writing specifying the default and stating his
intention to exercise his rights and remedies unless the default is
remedied within a period of fourteen (14) days from the date of service
of the notice and the Purchaser fails within that period to remedy the
default.
(b) If such notice also state that unless the default is so remedied the
contract will be rescinded pursuant to this sub-clause, then if the
default is not remedied within such period: -
(i) the contract shall at the expiration of the said fourteen (14) days
be rescinded and the deposit shall be forfeited to the Vendor;
• retain the property and sue the Purchaser for damages for
breach of contract; or
12. If the Vendor exercises either of the options open to him under clause 11(b)
(iii) of this contract he shall be entitled to retain the deposit and all
instalments of purchase price paid under this contract until:-
• in the case of retaining the property and suing for damages for breach
of contract, the final determination of those damages; and
13. (a) If the Vendor exercises his option of retaining the property and suing
the
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Purchaser for damages for breach of contract he shall be entitled to
apply any monies retained under clause 12 of this contract in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction of the damages awarded and expenses
incurred in obtaining those damages the excess shall be paid to the
Purchaser by the Vendor.
(b) If the Vendor exercises his option of reselling the property, the Vendor
shall be entitled to apply any monies retained under Clause 12 of this
contract in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of any deficiency upon
such resale and the expenses of and incidental to that resale and:-
(ii) if any monies retained under Clause 12 of this contract exceed the
total of the amount of such deficiency and the expenses of and
incidental to the resale, the excess shall be paid to the Purchaser
by the Vendor.
(c) In the event of a resale, it shall not be necessary for the Vendor first to
tender a transfer to the Purchaser.
13. The Vendor shall be entitled to rents and profits and shall pay or bear all
State rent, Local Government rates and charges, fire insurance premiums
and other outgoings up to and including the date of completion from which
date the Purchaser shall be entitled to and shall pay or bear the same
respectively and any necessary apportionment thereof shall be made and
adjusted upon completion.
INDEMNITY
14. From and after completion and the Purchaser shall observe and perform all
the conditions and stipulations contained in the State Lease or therein
implied by virtue of any relevant Statute and shall hold and keep the Vendor
indemnified against all actions, suits, proceedings, claims and demands
whatsoever arising out of or in relation to such conditions and stipulations
in respect of any act, matter or thing done or omitted to be done after
completion. It is expressly agreed that the provisions of this clause shall not
merge in any transfer instrument pursuant to this contract.
15. It before completion the Purchaser is given the benefit of possession of the
property then until completion:
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(a) he shall not let or part with possession of the property or make any
structural alteration or addition to it;
(b) he shall: -
(i) keep the property in good repair having regard to its condition at
the date of possession and permit the Vendor or his agent at all
reasonable times to enter and view the state or repair;
(ii) at his own cost keep all buildings insured against loss or damage
by fire in the names of the Vendor and deliver the policy and
annual premium receipt of the Vendor;
(iii) punctually pay all rates and taxes on the property and any
necessary appointment shall be made at the time provided in
Clause 14 or the date of possession whichever is the earlier;
ASSURANCE
16. The Purchaser shall at his own expense prepare and perfect a transfer
instrument and deliver it to the Vendor or his lawyer for perusal and
agreement within fourteen (14) days of the notification to the Purchaser or
his lawyer that this contract has been approved.
COMPLETION
17. The purchase shall be completed at a time to be fixed by the Vendor being a
date not earlier than fourteen (14) days after the notification to the Purchaser
or his lawyer that this contract has been approved. If the Vendor fails to fix
a date and time for completion with 12 days of that approval the Purchaser
may fix a date and time for completion. At the time and place fixed for
completion the Vendor and all other necessary parties, if any, shall, upon
payment of the balance of the purchase price and any other monies payable
under this Agreement, deliver to the Purchaser an executed transfer
instrument either duly approved or capable of being approved together with
the State Lease or the proper muniments of title as appropriate.
18. The Vendor warrants and agrees that he has complied with all the
covenants, conditions and stipulations contained in the State Lease over the
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property and has done no act nor made any omission whereby that State
Lease maybe forfeited.
PAYMENT
19. Payment or tender of any monies payable under this contract by the
Purchaser to the Vendor maybe either in legal tender or by a cheque issued
by any bank carrying on business in Papua New Guinea and any such
payment or tender shall be a good and sufficient payment or tender of any
monies payable under this contract.
COSTS
20. The Vendor and the Purchaser shall each pay his own costs of and incidental
to this sale and purchase but all stamp duty on this contract and on my
duplicate or triplicate copy hereof any duty on the transfer instrument shall
be paid by the purchaser.
STATUTORY APPROVAL
21. This contract is subject to approval and unless and until approval is given
shall have no force or effect. In the event of approval being refused the
Vendor shall repay to the Purchaser the deposit referred to in this contract
and any other monies paid by the Purchaser to the Vendor pursuant to this
contract. The Vendor and the Purchaser or both of them shall promptly do
all such acts within his or their power as may reasonably be necessary or
desirable to ensure that approval is not delayed or withheld.
NOTICES
22. Any demand or notice by one party to be made or given under this contract
shall be sufficiently made or given if made or given personally to the other
party or his lawyer or if posted by prepaid letter to the address of the other
party contained in this contract or to the lawyer of the other party. This
provision shall not derogate from any statutory power relating to the giving
of notices.
INTERPRETATION
23. In this contract the following words and expressions shall when the context
requires or permits have the following meanings:-
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“Proper muniments of title” means in relation to an application for lease
granted before or under the Land Act 1996 and where the Vendor is not the
original grantee transfer instruments properly executed and duly approved
from each of the Vendor’s predecessors in title “transfer instrument” means:-
• In relation to land registered under the Repealed Real Property Act 1913
or the Repealed Land Registration Act 1924, form of transfer prescribed
by those Acts.
25. Words importing the singular number include the plural number.
26. Words importing the machine gender include the feminine gender.
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THE FIRST SCHEDULE
ALL THAT piece of or parcel of land described as Allotment 14 Section 65, Waigani,
National Capital District being the whole of the land comprised in the State Lease,
Volume 33, Folio 40.
Four (4) bedroom residential High Covenant House, furnished with White Goods.
HOUSE
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(D) 3RD BEDROOM
1x Single Bed with mattress 1x Curtain
1x Wall to wall carpet
1x Wardrobe (built in)
1x Fan
1x Study Table with small light stand
1x Safe Curtains
1x Wall to wall carpet
1x Fan
1x Study table with side board attached
1x Office chair (blue)
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THIS CONTRACT OF SALE AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED ON THE 1 st DAY OF APRIL 2018
BY THE VENDOR, JAYAH RICHARD AND THE PURCHASER, MOROBE MINES
LIMITED.
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