(1) All unoccupied land shall be deemed to be Crown land until the contrary is proved.
(2) The exercise by any person of any rights in or over one or more pieces of land shall not be taken as a presumption in his or her favour of any rights in or over any greater extent of land than that in or over which such rights are exercised.
(3) Possession or receipt of rents and profits by any person through whom a claimant derives his or her title shall be deemed to have been the possession or receipt of rents and profits of the claimant.
(4) Where from the relationship of the parties or from other special causes it appears that the person in possession of land is or was in possession on behalf of another, his or her possession shall be deemed to be or to have been the possession of that other.
(5) Where 2 or more persons have rights which will entitle them to be registered as proprietors in common under the Land Registration Act the recording officer shall record such persons as proprietors in common and the share of each such co-owner.
(6) Where the persons claiming are entitled as proprietors in common to the unadministered estate of an ascendant who was solely entitled to the land, the recording officer shall record that the heirs of that ascendant are owners of the land.
(7) Where a majority of the proprietors in common who have made a claim under section 8 agree, the recording officer shall record the names of not more than 4 such persons as trustees for sale, provided that such majority includes all the persons who are actually in possession of some part of the land, and the trustees shall be chosen from among their number by a majority vote of all the claimants.
(8) A receipt shall be given by the recording officer for all documents produced by a claimant and retained.