Section 165 — Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

When an instrument is marked by the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner of State Revenue as duly stamped, as fully stamped, or as sufficiently stamped, a purchaser or the Registrar-General or the Crown Solicitor shall not by reason only of the stamp borne by the instrument, or of its being so marked as aforesaid, be deemed to have notice of any trust or of any written contract of sale or other document affecting the title of the property to which the instrument refers; but notwithstanding anything in this section the Registrar-General may, if the Registrar-General thinks fit, require production of any such document.

Related sections

• s 157 — Purchaser from devisee etc not bound to inquire as to payment of debts of testator or intestate
• s 157A — Trustee or personal representative deemed entitled to sell and convey land resumed under statutory authority
• s 164 — Restriction on constructive notice
• s 168 — Verification of instruments executed out of New South Wales
• s 168A — Verification of instruments executed out of New South Wales by persons engaged on war service
• s 169 — Statutory declarations

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