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Immovable Property (Sale of Interests) Act (Cap. 60:01).

Country/Territory
Guyana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1937
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Guyana.
Long title
An Act to make provision in the case of dispute for the sale of undivided interests in immovable property.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Common property Dispute settlement
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America
Abstract

This Act provides for remedies in the case of disputes involving sale of an immovable common property that is undivided in shares. Any owner may request the Court to direct the sale of the property and the distribution of proceeds thereof. The Court shall have also discretion to direct a sale where sale is not requested by an owner of a moiety or upwards in accordance with section 4 (sect. 5). The Court may allow parties interested in the property to bid at the sale. Parties are allowed a partition suit. Section 8 regulates the relationship between this Act and other law. (10 sections)

Full text
English
Website
legalaffairs.gov.gy