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Deeds Registry Authority Act, 1999 (Cap. 5:11).

Country/Territory
Guyana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999 (2007)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Guyana.
Long title
An Act to establish the Deeds Registry as a body corporate to promote the efficient and orderly operation of the Registry to establish the conditions governing the employment of the officers and employees of the Registry, to provide for funding op the operations of the Registry, and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Cadastre/land registration Institution
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America
Abstract

This Act establishes the Deeds Registry as a body corporate. This authority shall carry out functions assigned to it under various laws including the Deeds Registry Act. The Registrar and the Deputy Registrar shall be appointed by the Minister. The Act also establishes an Advisory Board of the Registry. The Board shall advise the Minister and the Registrar. The Act also confers regulation-making powers upon the Minister for purposes of this Act and the Deeds Registry Act.

Full text
English
Website
www.legalaffairs.gov.gy

References - Legislation

Amended by

Deeds Registry Authority (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 15 of 2017).

Legislation | Guyana | 2017

Keyword: Land tenure, Cadastre/land registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX