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Property (Transfer) Act.

Country/Territory
Jamaica
Document type
Legislation
Date
1845 (1973)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Transfer Inheritance Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act places restrictions on certain dispositions regarding any freehold or leasehold land. It requires partition, or exchange, or assignment of freehold or leasehold land or lease of freehold or leasehold land to be done by deed and provides for transfer of contingent or executory interest in land or other property. It also deals with powers and rights in case mortgage contracted by a deceased person.

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