• Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (Act No. 95 of 1986)
  • Notice No. 1943 of 1986
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • Part 1 : Introductory Provisions
    • 2. Ownership and real rights in or over parts of buildings, and registration of title to ownership or other real rights in or over such parts
    • 3. Application of Deeds Registries Act, reproduction of documents, and units deemed to be land
  • Part II : Development Schemes, Sectional Plans and Section Title Registers
    • 4. Approval of development schemes
    • 5. Manner of preparing draft sectional plans
    • 6. Duties of land surveyors and architects and non-liability of State
    • 7. Approval of draft sectional plans by Surveyor-General
    • 8. Improper conduct of land surveyors and architects
    • 9. [Repealed] Prohibition of certain acts before opening of sectional title register
    • 10. Sale by developers of certain units occupied by certain lessees
    • 11. Applications for opening of sectional title registers
    • 12. Registration of sectional plans and opening of sectional title registers
    • 13. Effect of registration of sectional plans
    • 14. Amendment and cancellation of sectional plans
  • Part III : Registration and Common Property
    • 15. Preparation of deeds by conveyancer
    • 15A. Proof of certain facts in connection with deeds and documents by means of certain certificates
    • 15B. Registration of transfer of ownership and other rights
    • 16. Ownership of common property
    • 17. Dealings with common property
    • 18. Transfer of mortgaged unit, undivided share, common property or land, and cession of mortgaged lease or real right
    • 19. Expropriation of common property or rights therein
  • Part IV : Subdivision, Consolidation and Extension of Sections
    • 20. [Repealed] Approval by local authority for subdivision of section or consolidation of sections
    • 21. Approval of plan of subdivision or consolidation by Surveyor-General
    • 22. Registration of subdivision of section
    • 23. Registration of consolidation of sections
    • 24. Extension of sections
  • Part V : Extension of Schemes
    • 25. Extension of schemes by addition of sections and exclusive use areas or by addition of exclusive use areas only
    • 26. Extension of schemes by addition of land to common property
  • Part VI : Exclusive use of Common Property and Servitudes
    • 27. Rights of exclusive use of parts of common property
    • 27A. Rules regarding exclusive use areas
    • 28. Implied servitudes
    • 29. Creation of servitudes
    • 30. Ancillary servitudal rights
    • 31. Deeds Registries Act and implied servitudes
  • Part VII : Participation Quotas and Developers
    • 32. Participation quotas
    • 33. Sale or letting of sections
    • 34. Shares of developers in buildings and land
  • Part VIII : Rules and Bodies Corporate
    • 35. [Repealed] Rules
    • 36. Bodies corporate
    • 37. [Repealed] Functions of bodies corporate
    • 38. [Repealed] Powers of bodies corporate 
    • 39. [Repealed] Functions and powers of bodies corporate to be performed or exercised by trustees
    • 40. [Repealed] Fiduciary position of trustees
    • 41. [Repealed] Proceedings on behalf of bodies corporate
    • 42. [Repealed] Powers of curatores ad litem
    • 43. [Repealed] Security for costs by applicants for appointment of curatores ad litem
  • Part IX : Owners, Administrators and Buildings
    • 44. [Repealed] Duties of owners
    • 45. [Repealed] Insurance by owners
    • 46. [Repealed] Appointment of administrators
    • 47. [Repealed] Recovery from owners of unsatisfied judgment against bodies corporate, and non-liability of bodies corporate for debts and obligations of developers
    • 48. [Repealed] Destruction of or damage to buildings
    • 49. Disposal on destruction of buildings
    • 50. Unencumbered sections destroyed by State or local authority
    • 51. [Repealed] Valuation of land and buildings and recovery of rates by local authorities
  • Part X : Miscellaneous
    • 52. [Deleted] Delegation of powers, functions and duties by local authorities
    • 53. [Repealed] Section 37 of Rent Control Act, 1976, not applicable to certain leases of sections
    • 54. Sectional titles regulation board
    • 55. Regulations
    • 56. Notice of applications to Court
    • 57. Exemption from liability
    • 58. Powers of Surveyor-General regarding sectional plans registered in terms of Sectional Titles Act, 1971
    • 59. Repeal of laws
    • 60. Savings and transitional provisions
    • 60A. Further savings and transitional provisions
    • 61. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule
    • Laws Repealed
• Regulations
  • Sectional Titles Amendment Regulations, 2021
    • Notice No. R. 664 of 1988
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. [Repealed] Application for approval of a development scheme
    • 3. [Repealed] Appeal to administrator
    • 4. Certificate in respect of leased buildings
    • 5. Draft sectional plans
    • 6. Submission of draft sectional plan to Surveyor-General
    • 7. Field measurements
    • 8. Accuracy and correctness of a draft sectional plan or sectional plan
    • 9. [Repealed] Rate of interest in terms of section 9(3)(b)(i)
    • 10. Application for opening of sectional title register
    • 11. Certificates of registered sectional title
    • 12. Registration of sectional plans
    • 13. Sectional title registers
    • 13A. Replacement schedule for lost or destroyed schedule of servitudes and conditions referred to in section 11(3)(b)
    • 14. Certificates of real rights
    • 15. Alteration, amendment, substitution or cancellation of registered sectional plan
    • 15A. Amendment or withdrawal of unregistered sectional plan
    • 16. Registration of transfer of ownership and registration of other rights in respect of parts of buildings
    • 16A.
    • 16B.
    • 16C.
    • 17. Alienation and letting of common property
    • 18. Draft sectional plan of subdivision
    • 19. Registration of subdivision of a section
    • 20. Draft sectional plan of consolidation
    • 21. Registration of consolidation of sections
    • 22. Draft sectional plan for extension of a section
    • 23. Registration of extensions of sections
    • 24. Draft sectional plan for extension of a scheme
    • 25. Registration of extension of a scheme
    • 25A. Replacement of documentation referred to in section 25(2)
    • 26. Draft sectional plan for extension of the common property
    • 27. Registration of plan of extension of the common property
    • 28. Exclusive use areas
    • 29.
    • 30. [Repealed] Rules
    • 31. Destruction of or damage to building and transfer of interest
    • 32. Notification of destruction of building
    • 33. [Repealed] Keeping of indices
    • 34. Sectional mortgage bonds
    • 35. Fees of office
    • 36. [Repealed] Fees to be paid to architects and land surveyors
    • 37. [Repealed] Fees and charges of conveyancers and notaries public and of other legal practitioners
    • 38. Endorsement or entries, on registered deeds, or other documents or in registers
    • 39. [Repealed] Arbitration proceedings
    • 40. Conveyancers' files
    • 41. [Repealed] Fees payable to a local authority
    • 42. Certified copies
    • 43. Examination in connection with the preparation of draft sectional plans
    • 44. [Deleted] Extension of period referred to in section 60(1)(b)(ii) of the Act
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Forms
        • Form A [Deleted]
        • Form B
        • Form C
        • Form D
        • Form E [Deleted]
        • Form F
        • Form G
        • Form H
        • Form I
        • Form J
        • Form K [Deleted]
        • Form L
        • Form M
        • Form N [Deleted]
        • Form O [Deleted]
        • Form P
        • Form Q
        • Form R
        • Form S [Deleted]
        • Form T [Deleted]
        • Form U [Deleted]
        • Form V [Deleted]
        • Form W
        • Form X
        • Form Y
        • Form Z
        • Form AB [Deleted]
        • Form AC
        • Form AD
        • Form AE
        • Form AF
        • Form AG
        • Form AH
        • Form AI
        • Form AJ
        • Form AK
        • Form AL
        • Form AM
        • Form AN
        • Form AO
        • Form AP
        • Form AQ
        • Form AR
        • Form AS
        • Form AT
      • Annexure 2 [Repealed] : Fees of Office: Deeds Registry
      • Annexure 3 [Repealed] : Fees of Office: Surveyor-General
      • Annexure 4 [Repealed] : Fees architects and land surveyors
      • Annexure 5 [Repealed] : Tariff of fees and charges of conveyancers and notaries public...
      • Annexure 6 : Documents to be kept in Conveyancers' files in terms of Section 15B(6)
      • Annexure 7 [Repealed] : Fees payable to Local Authorities
      • Annexure 8 [Repealed] : Management Rules
      • Annexure 9 [Repealed] : Conduct Rules