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(a) Identify the Operative Fact Doctrine and state the controlling rule governing acts performed under a repealed or amended land-registration law.
(b) Apply the doctrine to the following facts: On February 15, 2006, M executed a deed of absolute sale of a parcel of land to N under the Land Registration Act then in force. Possession was delivered on February 20, 2006, and a Transfer Certificate of Title was issued in N's name on March 25, 2006. On October 1, 2011, the statute was repealed and replaced by a new Land Registration Law. In 2015, O challenges N's title as void due to repeal. Decide whether N's title remains valid or not under the Operative Fact Doctrine, and explain the effect on O's claim.