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. Full text English