Section 3: Registration of properties affected

The Registrar of Deeds in the Federal or State Lands Registry, as the case may be, or any other person in charge of registration of lands, instruments, deeds or rights affecting land, shall, upon presentation to him by the Attorney-General of the Federation or any person acting on his behalf of a copy of this Act, expunge from the relevant register the name of any person in whose name any interest is registered in respect of any property by this Act and substitute therefore the Federal Republic of Nigeria.