Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991 (Act No. 112 of 1991)
Notice No. 1507 of 1991
Act
1. Definitions
Chapter 1 : Conversion of Land Tenure Rights into Ownership
2. Application for conversion of land tenure rights mentioned in Schedule 1
3. Conversion of land tenure rights mentioned in Schedule 2
4. Contents of land tenure rights mentioned in Schedule 1 pending conversion
5. Continuation of title conditions, servitudes, mortgage bonds, etc.
6. Effect of Act
7. Cancellation of certain servitudes and restrictive conditions relating to formalized townships
8. Compensation in respect of cancelled servitudes and conditions
9. Opening of township registers in respect of certain formalized townships
10. Arrangements by Administrator to facilitate opening of township registers
11. Directions as to opening of township registers
12. Conditions of land use
13. Shortened registration procedures relating to certain erven and land transferred by township owner
14. Correction of township registers by registrar of deeds
14A. Court applications
Chapter 2 : Formalizing of Townships
15. Declaration of townships to be formalized townships
16. Assistance by Minister to formalize townships
17. Surveying
[Repealed] 18. Updating and compilation of registers of land rights
[Repealed] Chapter 2A : Rural Settlements
[Repealed] 18A. Declaration of areas to be rural settlements
[Repealed] 18B. Assistance by Administrator in respect of certain areas
[Repealed] 18C. Surveying
[Repealed] 18D. Compilation and updating of registers of land rights
[Repealed] 18E. Appeal against entries in registers of land rights
[Repealed] 18F. Conversion of land tenure rights
[Repealed] 18G. Title conditions, servitudes and other rights
[Repealed] 18H. Effect of Chapter
[Repealed] 18I. Conditions of land use
Chapter 3 : Miscellaneous
19. Legal capacity of tribe to obtain property
20. Transfer of tribal land to a tribe
21. Legal presumptions
22. Transfer of certain offices to Department of Land Affairs
23. Offences and penalties
24. Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2
24A. Delegation of powers and assignment of functions
24B. Payment of costs of upgrading
24C. Regulations
24D. Updating and compilation of registers of land rights
25. Application of Act in self-governing territories
25A. Application of Act
26. Short title and commencement
Schedules
Schedule 1 : Leaseholds, Deeds of Grant and Quitrents
Schedule 2 : Rights to the Occupation of Land
Regulations
Regulations Relating to the Conversion of Land Tenure Rights - effective 1 June 2024
Notice No. 4886 of 2024
1. Definitions
2. Application for conversion of land tenure rights
3. Notice of application
4. Objection to conversion of land tenure right
5. Informing the registrar of the decision
6. Short title and Commencement
Forms
Form 1 - Application to convert a land tenure right
Form 2 - Notice of an application for conversion of a land tenure right by the Minister
Form 3 - Objection to an application for conversion of a land tenure right
Form 4 - Notice of decision by the Minister in terms of regulation 5