| (1) | The Minister may by notice in the Official Gazette declare a township specified in the notice to be a formalized township for the purposes of Chapter 1. |
[Section 15(1) substituted by section 31 of the General Law Second Amendment Act, 1993, Notice No. 1277, GG14976, dated 20 July 1993 - effective 1 August 1993]
| (2) | The Minister shall not declare any township to be a formalized township under subsection (1) unless— |
| (a) | a general plan in respect of any such township has been approved under the relevant provision of any law; |
| (b) | a land tenure right mentioned in Schedule 1 or 2 has been granted in respect of any erf or any other piece of land in any such township; and |
| (c) | if any such township is situated on tribal land, the tribe in question has requested the Minister by means of a tribal resolution to take steps to declare any such township to be a formalized township with a view to converting the land tenure rights granted to individuals in respect of erven and other pieces of land in any such township into ownership. |
