25 Mar 2010
RE LIGHT TIME INVESTMENTS LTD
- Citation
- RE LIGHT TIME INVESTMENTS LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP334/2010
The one‑stage approach is impermissible because s12A(2) confers a discretionary power to declare land free only upon payment into court under s12A(1); declaring freedom in advance would extinguish the discretion before it arises. The correct course is to order payment into court, require public advertisement to protect unidentified mortgagees, then permit a s12A(2) paper application for declaration after the advertisement period.