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Q.1
Q.1: Answer the following questions in one or two sentences
20 Marks
(a)What is meant by Lexsitus?[2]
Answer
Lex situs (also lex loci rei sitae) means the law of the place where the property is situated. It is a connecting factor of private international law.
What it governs. Rights in immovable property, such as land and buildings, are governed by the lex situs. That law decides:
- which interests can exist in the land;
- how those interests are created, transferred and ended;
- a person's capacity to transfer the land, and the form of the conveyance; and
- succession to the land on death.
Why. Land cannot move. It is permanently tied to its country, and only the courts and land registry of that country can give effect to title.
Indian law. Section 5(1) of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 says that succession to immovable property in India is regulated by Indian law, "wherever such person may have had his domicile at the time of his death". Movables follow the domicile at death instead (section 5(2)).
It also classifies. The lex situs decides whether a thing is movable or immovable. In In re Hoyles, [1911] 1 Ch 179, a mortgage on land in Ontario was held to be immovable.
Conclusion. The lex situs is the law of the place where the property lies, and it governs land wherever its owner is domiciled.
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