Abubaker v Principal Registrar of Crown Lands, Commissioners of Stamp Duties (Civil Appeal No. 8 of 1953; Civil Suit No. 48 of 1953) [1953] EACA 2 (1 January 1953)

Crown Lands Ordinance (Cap. 155)-Mortgagee after purchase obtaining vesting order from court-Municipalities Ordinance (Cap. 136) section 95-Premises within Nairobi-Rates unpaid by mortgagor-Certificate by Town Clerk not produced-Refusal by Principal Officer of Crown Lands to register-Whether refusal justified-Stamp Ordinance (Cap. 259) section 2-Definition of "conveyance"-First Schedule Article 23-Whether vesting order liable to ad valorem duty.