Land Registry Act 1862

48 Applicant for Sale and his Solicitor may be examined concerning Title before Vesting Order made.

Before any Vesting Order is made as aforesaid, the Applicant for the Sale or his Solicitor maybe personally examined by the Court, or required to give satisfactory Evidence as to the Fact that all Settlements, Deeds, Wills, and Instruments of Title, and all Charges and Incumbrances affecting the Title to the Land which is the Subject of the Application, and all Facts material to such Title, have been disclosed, and that there is not to their or either of their Knowledge, Information, or Belief any Deed, Charge, or Incumbrance affecting the Title to the said Land, nor any Fact material to the said Title, not fully and fairly disclosed as aforesaid: The Court may require any Person proposing to make an Affidavit in pursuance of this Section to state in his Affidavit what Means he has had of becoming acquainted with the several Matters referred to in this Section, and if the Court is of opinion that any further or other Evidence is necessary, it shall not make such Vesting Order until such further or other Evidence is produced.