Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991 (Act No. 112 of 1991)

Chapter 1 : Conversion of Land Tenure Rights into Ownership

13. Shortened registration procedures relating to certain erven and land transferred by township owner
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(1) If a township owner, with reference to any formalized township, intends to transfer ownership in respect of any erf or any other piece of land in respect of which no land tenure right has been granted, he may do so by submitting a certificate of ownership, on the form prescribed for that purpose under the Deeds Act and made out in the name of the transferee, at the deeds registry for the registration of such erf the piece of land in the name of the transferee.

 

(2)Ownership in respect of any erf or any piece of land registered in terms of subsection (1) shall be subject to any condition, servitude or other right registered upon  such registration  against  the  title  of  the  land  on which  the township concerned is situated.

 

(3)No provision of section 15 or 17 of the Deeds Act shall apply, and no transfer duty, stamp duty or other fee shall be payable, in respect of the transfer of ownership of any erf or any piece of land in terms of subsection (1).

 

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of the Deeds Act, the registrar of deeds shall register the transfer of ownership of any erf or any piece of land under the circumstances referred t0 in subsection (1) by signing the certificate of ownership submitted at the deeds registry in terms of that subsection.

 

(5)When the registrar of deeds has registered the transfer of ownership of any erf or any piece of land in terms of subsection (4), he shall—
(a)make an entry of the transfer of ownership of any such erf or piece of land in the township register;
(b)file the signed certificate of ownership in the deeds registry in such manner as he may deem fit; and
(c)make a copy of the signed certificate of ownership available to the township owner for delivery to the person to whom any such erf or piece of land has been transferred.