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Property (Execution of Deeds and Documents) Act, 2020 (No. 37 of 2020).

Country/Territory
Bahamas
Document type
Legislation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Extraordinary Official Gazette, 11 December 2020.
Long title
An Act to make new provisions with respect to the manner of execution of deeds and other instruments and for connected matters.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Cadastre/land registration Land tenure Procedural matters
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act abolishes the requirement of a seal for the valid execution of an instrument to constitute a deed. Section 3 sets out the manner to execute the deed. The provisions of Section 3 are without prejudice to the validity of any instrument under seal validly executed as such before, on or after the date section 3 comes into operation.

Full text
English
Website
laws.bahamas.gov.bs

References - Legislation

Amends

Law of Property Act (Cap. 170).

Legislation | Bahamas | 1859 (2002)

Keyword: Land tenure, Ownership, Lease, Inheritance, Transfer

Source: FAO, FAOLEX