Section 21: (1) Where the Land Registrar is of the opinion that there are grounds under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 20 of this Law to reject an application he shall notify the applicant in writing of his opinion and the grounds therefor giving him thirty days within which to make further representations.(2) Where the Land Registrar is of the opinion that an application should be rejected on the ground in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of section 20 of this Law, he shall notify the applicant of his opinion and shall refer the matter to the Adjudication Committee.(3) Upon receipt of a reference under subsection (2) the Adjudication Committee shall serve a notice of the time and place at which the Committee shall hear and determine all claims affecting the title to the land.(4) The Adjudication Committee shall publish the notice of hearing in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the area where the land is situated or may cause the notice to be published in such other manner as it may deem fit.(5) The decision of the Adjudication Committee shall be communicated in writing to the applicant, the Land Registrar and to any other person affected by the decision within fourteen days after the determination of the matter.(6) Where the grounds of rejection by the Land Registrar of an application are reversed by a decision of the Adjudication Committee under subsection (5) of this section the Land Registrar shall comply with the decision of the Committee.

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