(1) The registration of the ownership of freehold land shall be compulsory in the following cases -
(a) where the land has been at any time sold and conveyed to or vested in any person under any of the provisions of the Land Purchase Acts or the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1962;
(b) where the land is acquired, after the commencement of this Act, by a statutory authority;
(c) in any case to which subsection (2) or (2A) of section 24 applies.
(1A) Where land has been sold, conveyed or vested under the Irish Church Act 1869 and its ownership has not been registered, registration of ownership of the land is deemed never to have been required merely by virtue of the sale, conveyance or vesting.
(2) The registration of the ownership of a leasehold interest shall be compulsory in the following cases -
(a) where the interest is acquired, after the commencement of this Act, by a statutory authority;
(b) in any case to which subsection (2) or (2A) of section 24 applies.
(3) The provisions of this Ac
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