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Deeds Registries (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 34 of 2013).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette No. 37137 of 18 December 2013.
Long title
An Act to amend the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, so as to provide discretion in respect of the rectification of errors in the name of a person or the description of property mentioned in deeds and other documents; to provide for the issuing of certificates of registered title taking the place of deeds that have become incomplete or unserviceable; to substitute an obsolete reference; to substitute an outdated heading; to delete reference to the repealed Agricultural Credit Act, 1966; to further regulate the updating of deeds in respect of the change of names of companies, close corporations and the surnames of women; to amend a definition; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Cadastre/land registration Common property Certification
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act amends the Deeds Registries Act 1937 in provisions concerning, among other things: the definition of " deeds registry"; the issuing of a certificate of title to replace a lost or destroyed deed; and change of deeds.

Full text
English
Website
www.info.gov.za

References - Legislation

Amends

Deeds Registries Act.

Legislation | South Africa | 1937 (2000)

Keyword: Institution, Cadastre/land registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX