Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991 (Act No. 112 of 1991)Chapter 1 : Conversion of Land Tenure Rights into Ownership10. Arrangements by Minister to facilitate opening of township registers |
| (1) | The Minister shall take all steps necessary to enable the registrar of deeds to open a township register in respect of any formalized township for which a township register has not been opened. |
| (2) | The steps referred to in subsection (1) shall include steps— |
| (a) | to comply on behalf of a township owner or person referred to in section 11(1)(a) or (b), and with or without the consent or authorization of such township owner or person, with the provisions of that section; |
| (b) | to apply on behalf of the relevant township owner, and with or without the consent or authorization of that township owner, for the opening of a township register in terms of section 9(1), or to comply with any relevant legal or other requirement for the opening of the township register; and |
| (c) | to require the relevant township owner or other person to deliver to the Minister any relevant title deed, diagram or other document in the possession or under the control of that township owner or person. |
| (3) | The Minister mayrecover any costs incurred by him inconnection with anything done by him on behalf of a township owner or person under subsection (2), from that township owner or person. |