LAND REGISTRATION ACT OR ACT #496

> Grants of public land were brought under the operation of a Torrens system
> Placed all public and private land under the Torrens system
> Torrens system requires that the government issue an official certificate of title attesting to the fact that the person named is the owner of the property described therein, subject to such liens and encumbrances as thereon noted or the law warrants or reserves