MEASURES IN THE RATIONALISING OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: LAND AFFAIRS

PROCLAMATION
by the
President of the Republic of South Africa

No. R. 9, 1997

MEASURES IN THE RATIONALISING OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH REFERENCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1993

Under the powers vested in me by section 237 (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), I hereby-

(a) amend the laws mentioned in Schedule 1 to the extent set out opposite each such law in the second column of Schedule 1;

(b) repeal the laws mentioned in Schedule 2 to the extent set out opposite each law in the third column of Schedule 2: Provided that the repeal of any law shall not detract from the validity of anything done in terms of the repealed laws up to the date upon which it ceased to be of force and effect, or to any other right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred as at the said date: Provided further that nothwithstanding the repeal of any law, any registration in terms of such a law not being finalised at the repeal of such a law may be finalised as it the repeal did not take place; and

(c) declare the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), and the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (Act No. 95 of 1986), applicable in the national territory of the Republic of South Africa.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria this Twenty-eighth day of January, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-seven.

N. R. MANDELA
President

By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:

D. A. HANEKOM Minister of the Cabinet

SCHEDULE 1

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:

Words in bold type indicate omissions from existing enactments.

Words in italics indicate insertions in existing enactments.

________________________________________________________________________________ Title, No. and | year of law | Amendments _______________|________________________________________________________________ The Deeds |1. The following section is hereby inserted after section 1: Registries Act,| 1937 (Act No. |"Discontinuance of rationalised registries: Transfer of their 47 of 1937) |functions, records, other equipment and staff to a receiving |deeds registry | |1 A. (1) For the purposes of this section- | |(a) a rationalised registry means- | | (i) the deeds registry established in terms of the | Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 | of 1937): | | (ii) the deeds registry established in terms of | regulation 1 of Chapter 9 of the Bophuthatswana | Regulations for the Administration and Control of Towns, | Proclamation No. R. 293 of 1962: | | (iii) the registry of land titles established in terms of | section 41 of the Bophuthatswana Black Areas Land | Regulations, Proclamation No. R. 188 of 1969; | | (iv) the deeds registry established in terms of the Venda | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937); | | (v) the registration office established in terms of section | 13 of the Venda Land Affairs Proclamation (Proclamation | No. 45 of 1990): | | (vi) the deeds registry established in terms of the Ciskei | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937): | | (vii) the deeds registry established in terms of regulation 1 | of Chapter 9 of the Ciskei Townships Proclamation, | 1962 (Proclamation No.R. 293 of 1962): | | (viii) the registry of land titles established in terms of | section 41 of the Ciskei Land Regulations Act, 1982 (Act | No. 14 of 1982); | | (ix) the deeds registry established in terms of the Gazankulu | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937): | | (x) the deeds registry established in terms of regulation 1 | of Chapter 9 of the Gazankulu Regulations for the | Administration and Control of Townships in Black Areas, | Proclamation No. R. 293 of 1962; | | (xi) the registry of land titles established in terms of | section 41 of the Gazankulu Black Areas Land | Regulations, Proclamation No. R. 188 of 1969: | | (xii) the deeds registry established in terms of the KaNwqane | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937); | | (xiii) the deeds registry established in terms of regulation 1 | of Chapter 9 of the KaNwgane Regulations for the | Administration and Control of Townships in Black Areas, | Proclamation No. R. 293 of 1 62: | | (xiv) the registry of land titles established in terms of | section 41 of the Qwaqwa Black Areas Regulations, | Proclamation No. R. 188 of 1969; | | (xv) the deeds registry established in terms of the | KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of | 1937); | | (xvi) the deeds registry established in terms of regulation 1 | of Chapter 9 of the KwaNdebele Regulations for the | Administration and Control of Towns, Proclamation No. | R. 293 of 1962; | | (xvii) the registry of land titles established in terms of | section 41 of the KwaNedebele Black Areas Land | Regulations, Proclamation No. R. 1.88 of 1969; | |(xviii) the deeds registry established in terms of the KwaZulu | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937); | | (xix) the deeds registry established in terms of regulation 1 | of Chapter 9 of the KwaZulu Regulations for the | Administration and Control of Townships in Black Areas, | Proclamation No. R. 293 of 1962: | | (xx) the registration office established in terms of section | 11 of the KwaZulu Land Affairs Act, 1992 (Act No. 1 1 | of 1992); | | (xxi) the deeds registry established in terms of the Lebowa | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937): | | (xxii) the deeds registry established in terms of regulation 1 | of Chapter 9 of the Lebowa Regulations for the | Administration and Control of Townships in Black Areas, | Proclamation No. R. 293 of 1962; | |(xxiii) the registry of land titles established in terms of | section 41 of the Lebowa Black Areas Land Regulations, | Proclamation No. R. 188 of 1969; | | (xxiv) the deeds registry established in terms of the Qwaqwa | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937); | | (xxy) the deeds registry established in terms of regulation 1 | of Chapter 9 of the Qwagwa Regulations for the | Administration and Control of Townships in Black Areas, | Proclamation No. R. 293 of 1962; | | (xxvi) the registry of land titles established in terms of | section 41 of the Qwaqwa Black Areas Land Regulations, | Proclamation No. R. 188 of 1969. | |(b) the receiving registry means, in the case of - | | (i) the registries mentioned in subparagraphs (vi), (vii) | and (viii) of paragraph (a), the deeds registry at King | William's Town: | | (ii) the registries mentioned in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and | AD of paragraph (a), in respect of land that formed part | of the former Republic of Bophuthatswana which after the | commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of | South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), is situated | in the province of- | | (a) the Free State, the deeds registry at Bloemfontein: | | (b) Gauteng, the deeds registry at Pretoria | | (c) Mpumalanga, the deeds registry at Pretoria: | | (d) the North-West, situated- | | (i) within the area defined in Schedule 3 to | Proclamation No. R. 9 of 1997, the deeds registry | at Pretoria: | | (ii) outside the area defined in Schedule 3 to | Proclamation No.R. 9 of 1997, the deeds registry at | Vryburg; | | (e) the Northern Cape, the deeds registry at Vryburg; | | (iii) the registries mentioned in subparagraphs (iv) (y), | (ix) to (xvii), (xxi). (xxii) and (xxiii) of | paragraph (a), the deeds registry at Pretoria: | | (iv) the registries mentioned in subparagraphs (xviii), | (xix) and (xx) of paragraph (a), the deeds registry | at Pietermaritzburg; and | | (v) the registries mentioned in subparagraphs (xxiv), | (xxv) and- deeds registry at Bloemfontein. | |(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the laws mentioned in the |Schedule 2 to Proclamation No. R.9 of 1997, a rationalised |registry shall continue to exist until it is discontinued as |contemplated in subsection (3). | |(3) (a) A rationalised registry shall be discontinued with |effect from a date determined in respect of that registry by the |Minister by notice in the Government Gazette. | |(b) Different dates may be so determined in respect of the |different deeds registries. | |(4) The Minister may with effect from the date of commencement |of Proclamation No. R.9 of 1997, take the necessary steps to |transfer the records, equipment and any other property of a |rationalised registry to the respective receiving registry. | |(5) Any official in the employ of a rationalised registry shall |with effect from the date contemplated in subsection (3) be |transferred to the receiving registry and shall be suitably |taken up in the establishment of the receiving deeds office: |Provided that the appointment of a person as a registrar or |officer in charge of a registry of a rationalised registry shall |lapse on the date contemplated in subsection (3). | |(6) All records of a rationalised registry shall with effect |from -the date contemplated in subsection (3) be transferred to |the receiving registry.". | |2. The amendment of section 2 by the insertion of the following |paragraph after paragraph (c) of subsection (1) : | | "(d) for the office of the chief registrar of deeds, if |necessary, one or more registrars of deeds, one or more deputy |registrars of deeds, and one or more assistant registrars of |deeds.". | |3. The following section is hereby substituted for section 15 - | | "15. Save as is otherwise provided in any other law, no deed |of transfer, mortgage bond or certificate of title or |registration of any kind mentioned in this Act shall be |attested, executed or registered by a registrar unless it has |been prepared by a conveyancer practising within the |province within which his registry is situated.". | |4. The amendment of section 102 - | |(a) by the substitution for the definition of "conveyancer' of | the following definition : | | " 'conveyancer' means, in respect of any deeds registry, a | person practising as such in the province within which | that deeds registry is situate Republic, and includes a | person admitted as an attorney in terms of the relevant | Transkeian legislation and Physically practising as such | within the area of the former Republic of Transkei on or | before the date of commencement of Proclamation No. R._9 of | 1997;". | |(b) by the substitution for the definition of 'notary public' of | the following definition : | | " 'notary public' means, in relation to any deed or other | document creating or conveying real rights of land, a person | practising as such in the Republic, province within | which the land is registered; in relation to any other | document executed within the Republic, a person practising | as such in any province; and in relation to any other | document executed outside the Republic, a person practising | as such in the place where the document is executed;". | |5. Section 102B is hereby repealed. | |6. By the substitution for the words 'State President' and | 'Commission for Administration', wherever they occur, of the | words "President" and 'Public Service Commission' | respectively. | 2. (a) The | Regulations for| the Admini- | stration | and Control of | Townships, | Proclamation | No. R. 293 of | 1962 of the | former Republic| of Bophuthat- | swana; | |1. The amendment of regulation 1 of |Chapter 1 for the - | |(a) by the substitution for the definition of "deeds |registry" of the following definition: | |" 'deeds registry' means, a deeds registry | contemplated in regulation 1 of Chapter 9 | section 102 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act | No. 47 of 1937);"; and | |(b) by the insertion of the following definition after the |definition of 'occupier': | |" 'officer in charge of a deeds registry' means the registrar |referred to in section 102 of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |(Act No. 47 of 1937);" | |2. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 1 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), | the provisions of the Land Survey Act, 1927 (Act No. 9 of | 1927), shall not apply to the survey of land granted under | these regulations and the provisions of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall not apply | to the registration of any deeds in respect of any such | land"; and | |(b) by the insertion of the following subregulation after | subregulation (2) : | | "(2A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), | save as is otherwise provided in these regulations or the | context otherwise indicates, the provisions of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall, in so far | as such provisions can be so applied, apply mutatis mutandis | in relation to all documents registered or filed or intended | to be registered or filed in a deeds registry in terms of | these regulations.". | |3. The amendment of regulation 1 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | paragraph : | | "(1) There is hereby established in the office of every | Chief Commissioner a deeds registry in which shall be | registered All documents relating to immovable property in | any township in the area of jurisdiction of such Chief | Commissioner referred to in these regulations shall be | registered in a deeds registry."; | |(b) by the deletion of subregulations (2) and (3); and | |(c) by the substitution for the heading of the following | heading: | | "Registration of documents'. | |4. Regulation 2 of Chapter 9 is hereby repealed. | |5. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | the following words | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall, unless | inconsistent with the provisions of the Deeds Registries | Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), subject to the provisions | of these regulations-"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (m) of the following | paragraph : | | "(m) keep such registers and make such entries therein as | may be prescribed by the Director-General and as are | necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of | these regulations and of maintaining an efficient system of | registration calculated to afford security of title and | ready reference to any registered deed;'; and | |(c) by the substitution for paragraph (n) of the following | paragraph: | | "(n) generally discharge such duties as the Director- | General may from time to time impose and as are necessary | to give effect to the provisions of these regulations.'. | |6. The amendment of regulation 4 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of |subregulation (1) of the following subparagraph: | | "(ii) if any such person refuses to consent thereto the |rectification may be made on the authority of the |Director-General an order of a provincial or local division |of the Supreme Court of South Africa;". | |7. The following regulation is hereby substituted for regulation |5 of Chapter 9 : | | "5. An officer in charge of a deeds registry may on payment of |such fees as may be prescribed by the Director-General from |time to time in terms of the Deeds Registries Act, 1 937 |(Act No. 47 of 1937), permit any member of the public to |inspect the public registers and other public records in his |or her registry and to make copies of those records or |extracts from those registers and to obtain such other |information concerning deeds or other documents registered or |filed in such registry as such officer may be prepared to |furnish.". | |8. The amendment of Regulation 6 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation | | "(1) Save as is otherwise provided in these regulations- | | (a) the ownership of land referred to in a deed of grant | may be conveyed from one person to another only by means | of an endorsement on such deed of grant, made by the officer | in charge of a deeds registry in the manner prescribed by | the Director-General on production of the application | (Schedule G) and declaration (Schedule H), on such officer | being satisfied that the provisions of these regulations and | of any other law which may be applicable, have been complied | with; | | (b) any other real right in such land may be conveyed from | one person to another by means of a notarial deed of cession | registered by the officer in charge of the deeds registry | in the manner prescribed by the Director-General. | |(b) by the deletion of subregulation (2). | |9. The amendment of regulation 7 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | subregulation (1) of the following words : | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall register | and keep a record in such registry in the manner | prescribed by the Director-General of-"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (f) of subregulation (1) | of the following paragraph : | | "(f) all rights or servitudes over land in a township and | the cession of any such rights on the authority of the | Director-General."; and | |(c) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) On the reversion of an ownership unit still held | under a deed of grant to the Trust for whatever | reason, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | concerned shall endorse the deed of grant thereof or | attach thereto an endorsement to that effect and whenever | such ownership unit is re-allotted, the said officer | shall, on payment to the Trust by the new grantee of the | fee prescribed in regulation 10 of this chapter, endorse | the deed of grant of such unit with regard to such re- | allotment, or attach thereto an endorsement, in the form | prescribed by the Director-General.". | |10. The amendment of regulation 9 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation : | | "(1) If the owner (in this regulation referred to as the | transferor) of land which is hypothecated under a registered | mortgage bond transfers to another person with the | approval of the Director-General, the whole of the land | hypothecated thereunder and has not reserved any real right | in such land, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | may register the transfer and substitute the transferee for | the transferor as debtor in respect of the bond : Provided | that there is produced to him or her, in duplicate, the | written consent in a form substantially the same as Schedule | Q to these regulations, of the holder of the bond and the | transferee to the substitution of the transferee for the | transferor as the debtor in respect of the bond.'; and | |(b) by the deletion of paragraph (c) of subregulation (4). | |11. The following regulation is hereby substituted for |regulation 10 of Chapter 9 : | | "10. Save as is otherwise provided in these | regulations, notwithstanding anything in any other law | contained no transfer duty and no fee prescribed in | the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall | be payable under these regulations until a date fixed by | the Minister by notice in the Gazette but a fee of two | rand (R2) shall be payable to the Trust in respect of every | transfer of an ownership unit or for every registration | required to be made at a deeds office under these | regulations or for every substitution of a debtor in respect | of a bond.". | |12. The amendment of regulation 12 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subregulation (1) of the following |subregulation: | | "(1) If rectification of title is required in respect of | any ownership unit in consequence of a survey or resurvey of | such land or of the correction of any error in the general | plan or diagram thereof, the officer in charge of the deeds | registry concerned may, on written application by the owner | of the land accompanied by the deed of grant and the new or | the corrected general plan or diagram thereof, any bond | thereon and any registered deed of lease or other registered | deed whereby any real right therein is held by any other | person and the written consent of the holder of such bond, | lease or right, endorse on the relevant deed of grant in | the form prescribed by the Director-General, a | description of the land according to the new or corrected | general plan or diagram, which description shall supersede | the description already appearing on the deed of grant, | bond, lease or right.". | |13. The amendment of regulation 13 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) in | subregulation (1) of the following words: | | "(1) The officer in charge of a deeds registry, may at the | request of the owner or legal holder or widow, heir or | legal representative in the estate of a deceased owner or | legal holder his or her lawful representative on a | form substantially the same as Schedule R to these | regulations, make a certified or photostatic copy of a deed | or of a bond or of any other document filed in that registry | on being satisfied by affidavit-'; and | |(b) by the substitution for subregulation (5) of the following | subregulation : | | "(5) A fee of two rand (R2) prescribed in terms of | the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), | shall be payable [to the Trust] in respect of every copy of | a deed, bond or other document issued by the officer in | charge of a deeds registry under this regulation.". 2.(b) The | Ciskei Township| Proclamation, | No. 293 of 1962| |1. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 1 - | |(a) by the deletion of paragraph (a) of subregulation (2); | and | |(b) by the insertion of the following subregulation after | subregulation (2) : | | "(2A) Save as is otherwise provided in these regulations | or the context otherwise indicates, the provisions of the | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall, in | so far as such provisions can be so applied. apply mutatis | mutandis in relation to all documents registered or filed or | intended to be registered or filed in a deeds registry under | these regulations.". | |2. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | the following words : | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall, unless | inconsistent with the provisions of the Deeds Registries | Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), subject to the provisions | of these regulations | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (m) of the following | paragraph : | | "(m) keep such registers and make such entries therein as | may be prescribed by the Director-General : Department of | Justice and as are necessary for the purpose of carrying | out the provisions of these regulations and of maintaining | an efficient system of registration calculated to afford | security of title and ready reference to any registered | deed;";and | |(c) by the substitution for paragraph (n) of the following | paragraph: | | | "(n) generally discharge such duties as the Director- | General: Department of Justice may from time to time impose | and as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of | these regulations.'. | |3. The amendment of regulation 4 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of |subregulation (1) of the following subparagraph: | | "(ii) if any such person refuses to consent thereto the | rectification may be made on the authority of the | Minister an order of a provincial or local division of | the Supreme Court of South Africa;". | |4. The following regulation is hereby substituted for regulation |5 of Chapter 9 : | | "5. An officer in charge of a deeds registry may on | payment of such fees as may be prescribed by the | Director-General : Department of Justice from time to | time in terms of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. | 47 of 1937), permit any member of the public to inspect | the public registers and other public records in his or | her registry and to make copies of these those | records or extracts from those registers and to obtain such | other information concerning deeds or other documents | registered or filed in such registry as such officer may | be prepared to furnish.". | |5. The amendment of Regulation 6 of Chapter 9: | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation : | | "(1) Save as is otherwise provided in these regulations- | | (a) the ownership of land referred to in a deed of grant | may be conveyed from one person to another only by means | of an endorsement on such deed of grant, made by the officer | in charge of a deeds registry in the manner prescribed by | the Director-General : Department of Justice on | production of the application (Schedule G) and declaration | (Schedule H), on such officer being satisfied that the | provisions of these regulations and of any other law which | may be applicable, have been complied with; | | (b) any other real right in such land may be conveyed from | one person to another by means of a notarial deed of | cession registered by the officer in charge of the deeds | registry in the manner prescribed by the Director-General | : Department of Justice."; and | |(b) by the deletion of subregulation (2). | |6. The amendment of regulation 7 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | subregulation (1) of the following words : | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall register | and keep a record in such registry in the manner | prescribed by the Director-General : Department of | Justice of -"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (f) of subregulation (1) | of the following paragraph : | | "(f) all rights or servitudes over land in a township and | the cession of any such rights on the authority of the | Director-General."; and | |(c) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation | | "(2) On the reversion of an ownership unit still held | under a deed of grant to the Trust for whatever | reason, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | concerned shall endorse the deed of grant thereof or | attach thereto an endorsement to that effect and whenever | such ownership unit is re-allotted, the said officer | shall, on payment to the Trust by the new grantee of the | fee prescribed in regulation 10 of this chapter, endorse | the deed of grant of such unit with regard to such re- | allotment, or attach thereto an endorsement, in the form | prescribed by the Director-General.". | |7. The amendment of regulation 9 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation | | "(1) If the owner (in this regulation referred to as the | transferor) of land which is hypothecated under a registered | mortgage bond transfers to another person with the | approval of the Director-General, the whole of the land | hypothecated thereunder and has not reserved any real right | in such land, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | may register the transfer and substitute the transferee for | the transferor as debtor in respect of the bond : Provided | that there is produced to him or her, in duplicate, the | written consent in a form substantially the same as Schedule | Q to these regulations, of the holder of the bond and the | transferee to the substitution of the transferee for the | transferor as the debtor in respect of the bond."; and | |(b) by the deletion of paragraph (c) of subregulation (4). | |8. The following regulation is hereby substituted for regulation |10 of Chapter 9 : | | "10. Save as is otherwise provided in these | regulations, notwithstanding anything in any other law | contained, no transfer duty and no fee prescribed in the | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall be | payable under these regulations until a date fixed by the | Minister by notice in the Gazette but a fee of two rand | (R2) shall be payable to the State in respect of every | transfer of an ownership unit or for every registration | required to be made at a deeds office under these | regulations or for every substitution of a debtor in respect | of a bond.". | |9. The amendment of regulation 12 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subregulation (1) of the following |subregulation : | | "(1) If rectification of title is required in respect of | any ownership unit in consequence of a survey or resurvey of | such land or of the correction of any error in the general | plan or diagram thereof, the officer in charge of the deeds | registry concerned may, on written application by the owner | of the land accompanied by the deed of grant and the new or | the corrected general plan or diagram thereof, any bond | thereon and any registered deed of lease or other registered | deed whereby any real right therein is held by any other | person and the written consent of the holder of such bond, | lease or right, endorse on the relevant deeds of | grant in the form prescribed by the Director-General : | Department of Justice, a description of the land according | to the new or corrected general plan or diagram, which | description shall supersede the description already | appearing on the deed of grant, bond, lease or right.'. | |10. The amendment of regulation 13 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) in | subregulation (1) of the following words : | | "(1) The officer in charge of a deeds registry, may at the | request of the owner or legal holder or widow, heir or | legal representative in the estate of a deceased owner or | legal holder his or her lawful representative on a | form substantially the same as Schedule R to these | regulations, make a certified or photostatic copy of a deed | or of a bond or of any other document filed in that registry | on being satisfied by affidavit-'; and | |(b) by the substitution for subregulation (5) of the following | subregulation : | | "(5) A fee of two rand (R2) prescribed in terms of | the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), | shall be payable to the Trust in respect of every copy | of a deed, bond or other document issued by the officer in | charge of a deeds registry under this regulation.". | 2. (c) The | Regulations for| the | Administration | and Control of | Townships in | Black Areas, | Proclamation | No. R. 293 of | 1962 of the | former Republic| of Transkei | | |1. The amendment of regulation 1 of Chapter 1 - | |(a) by the substitution for the definition of "deeds | registry" of the following definition: | | "deeds registry' means, a deeds registry contemplated in | regulation 1 of Chapter 9 section 102 of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937;"; and | |(b) by the insertion of the following definition after the | definition of "occupier": | | " 'officer in charge of a deeds registry' means the | registrar referred to in section 102 of the Deeds Registries | Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937):". | |2. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 1 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), | the provisions of the Land Survey Act, 1927 (Act No. 9 of | 1927), shall not apply to the survey of land granted under | these regulations and the provisions of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall not apply | to the registration of any deeds in respect of any such | land"; and | |(b) by the insertion of the following subregulation after | subregulation (2) : | | "(2A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), | save as is otherwise provided in these regulations or the | context otherwise indicates, the provisions of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall, in so far | as such provisions can be so applied, apply mutatis mutandis | in relation to all documents registered or filed or intended | to be registered or filed in a deeds registry in terms of | these regulations.". | |3. The amendment of regulation 1 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | paragraph : | | "(1) There is hereby established in the office of every | Chief Commissioner a deeds registry in which shall be | registered All documents relating to immovable property in | any township in the area of jurisdiction of such Chief | Commissioner referred to in these regulations shall be | registered in a deeds registry."; | |(b) by the deletion of subregulations (2) and (3); and | |(c) by the substitution for the heading of the following | heading: | | "Registration of documents'. | |4. Regulation 2 of Chapter 9 is hereby repealed. | |5. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | the following words : | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall, unless | inconsistent with the provisions of the Deeds Registries | Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), subject to the provisions | of these regulations -"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (m) of the following | paragraph : | | "(m) keep such registers and make such entries therein as | may be prescribed by the Director-General and as are | necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of | these regulations and of maintaining an efficient system of | registration calculated to afford security of title and | ready reference to any registered deed;'; and | |(c) by the substitution for paragraph (n) of the following | paragraph : | | "(n) generally discharge such duties as the | Director-General may from time to time impose and as are | necessary to give effect to the provisions of these | regulations.". | |6. The amendment of regulation 4 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of |subregulation (1) of the following subparagraph: | | "(ii) if any such person refuses to consent thereto the | rectification may be made on the authority of the | Director-General an order of a provincial or local | division of the Supreme Court of South Africa;". | |7. The following regulation is hereby substituted for regulation |5 of Chapter 9 : | | "5. An officer in charge of a deeds registry may on | payment of such fees as may be prescribed by the Director- | General from time to time in terms of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), permit any | member of the public to inspect the public registers and | other public records in his or her registry and to make | copies of these those records or extracts from those | registers and to obtain such other information concerning | deeds or other documents registered or filed in such | registry as such officer may be prepared to furnish.". | |8. The amendment of Regulation 6 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation : | | "(1) Save as is otherwise provided in these regulations- | | (a) the ownership of land referred to in a deed of grant | may be conveyed from one person to another only by means | of an endorsement on such deed of grant, made by the officer | in charge of a deeds registry in the manner prescribed by | the Director-General on production of the application | (Schedule G) and declaration (Schedule H), on such officer | being satisfied that the provisions of these regulations and | of any other law which may be applicable, have been complied | with; | | (b) any other real right in such land may be conveyed | from one person to another by means of a notarial deed | of cession registered by the officer in charge of the deeds | registry in the manner prescribed by the | Director-General."; and | |(b) by the deletion of subregulation (2). | |9. The amendment of regulation 7 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | subregulation (1) of the following words | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall register | and keep a record in such registry in the manner | prescribed by the Director-General of-"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (f) of subregulation (1) | of the following paragraph : | | "(f) all rights or servitudes over land in a township and | the cession of any such rights on the authority of the | Director-General."; and | |(c) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) On the reversion of an ownership unit still held | under a deed of grant to the Trust grantor for | whatever reason, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | concerned shall endorse the deed of grant thereof or | attach thereto an endorsement to that effect and whenever | such ownership unit is reallotted, the said officer | shall, on payment to the Trust by the new grantee of the | fee prescribed in regulation 10 of this chapter, endorse | the deed of grant of such unit with regard to such | re-allotment, or attach thereto an endorsement, in the | form prescribed by the Director-General.". | |10. The amendment of regulation 9 of Chapter 9- | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation : | | "(1) If the owner (in this regulation referred to as the | transferor) of land which is hypothecated under a registered | mortgage bond transfers to another person with the | approval of the Director-General, the whole of the land | hypothecated thereunder and has not reserved any real right | in such land, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | may register the transfer and substitute the transferee for | the transferor as debtor in respect of the bond : Provided | that there is produced to him or her, in duplicate, the | written consent in a form substantially the same as Schedule | Q to these regulations, of the holder of the bond and the | transferee to the substitution of the transferee for the | transferor as the debtor in respect of the bond."; and | |(b) by the deletion of paragraph (c) of subregulation (4). | |11. The following regulation is hereby substituted for |regulation 10 of Chapter 9 : | | "10. Save as is otherwise provided in these | regulations, notwithstanding anything in any other law | contained, no transfer duty and no fee prescribed in the | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall be | payable under these regulations untill a date fixed by the | Minister by notice in the Gazette but a fee of two rand | (R2) shall be payable to the Trust in respect of every | transfer of an ownership unit or for every registration | required to be made at a deeds office under these | regulations or for every substitution of a debtor in respect | of a bond.". | |12. The amendment of regulation 12 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subregulation (1) of the following |subregulation : | | "(1) If rectification of title is required in respect of | any ownership unit in consequence of a survey or resurvey of | such land or of the correction of any error in the general | plan or diagram thereof, the officer in charge of the deeds | registry concerned may, on written application by the owner | of the land accompanied by the deed of grant and the new or | the corrected general plan or diagram thereof, any bond | thereon and any registered deed of lease or other registered | deed whereby any real right therein is held by any other | person and the written consent of the holder of such bond, | lease or right, endorse on the relevant deeds of | grant in the form prescribed by the Director-General, a | description of the land according to the new or corrected | general plan or diagram, which description shall supersede | the description already appearing on the deed of grant, | bond, lease or right.". | |13. The amendment of regulation 13 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) in | subregulation (1) of the following words : | | "(1) The officer in charge of a deeds registry, may at the | request of the owner or legal holder or widow, heir or | legal representative in the estate of a deceased owner or | legal holder his or her lawfull representative on a | form substantially the same as Schedule R to these | regulations, make a certified or photostatic copy of a deed | or of a bond or of any other document filed in that registry | on being satisfied by affidavit-"; and | |(b) by the substitution for subregulation (5) of the | following subregulation : | | "(5) A fee of two rand (R2) prescribed in terms of | the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), | shall be payable [to the Trust] in respect of every copy of | a deed, bond or other document issued by the officer in | charge of a deeds registry under this regulation.". 2. (d) The | Regulations for| the | Administration | and Control of | Townships in | Black Areas, | Proclamation | No. R. 293 of | 1962 of the | former Republic| of Venda | |1. The amendment of regulation 1 of Chapter 1 by the |substitution for the definition of 'deeds registry" of the |following definition: | | "deeds registry' means a deeds registry contemplated in | regulation 1 of Chapter 9 section 102 of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937);". | |2. The following regulation is hereby substituted for regulation |10 of .Chapter 9 : | | "10. Save as is otherwise provided in these | regulations, notwithstanding anything in any other law | contained, no transfer duty and no fee prescribed in the | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937) shall be | payable under these regulations until a date fixed by the | Minister by notice in the Gazette.". | 2. (e) The | Regulations for| the | Administration | and Control of | Townships in | Black Areas, | Proclamation | No. R. 293 of | 1962 of the | former | self-governing | territory of | Gazankulu | |1. The amendment of regulation 1 of Chapter 1 - | |(a) by the substitution for the definition of 'deeds registry' |of the following definition: | | " 'deeds registry' means , in respect of the registration | of a deed of grant and a right of leasehold, a deeds | registry referred to in regulation 1 of Chapter 9 of these | regulations, and in respect of the registration of a deed of | transfer a deeds registry referred to in section 102 of | the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937);"; | |(b) by the insertion of the following definition after the |definition of 'officer': | | " 'officer in charge of a deeds registry' means the | registrar;" | |(c) by the substitution for the definition of 'registrar" of the |following definition: | | " 'registrar' means, in respect of the registration of a | deed of grant of right of leasehold, the officer | contemplated in regulation 1(2) of Chapter 9 of these | regulations a registrar referred to in section 102 of | the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937);". | |2. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 1 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), | the provisions of the and Survey Act, 1927 (Act No. 9 of | 1927), shall not apply to the survey of land granted under | these regulations land the provisions of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall not apply | to the registration of any deeds in respect of any such | land : Provided that the provisions of the Land Survey | Act, 1927 (Act No. 9 of 1927), shall apply to the survey of | land registered by means of a deed of transfer, and that | the provisions of the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. | 47 of 1937), shall apply to the registration of any deed of | transfer in respect of any such land."; and | |(b) by the insertion of the following subregulation after | subregulation (2) : | | "(2A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation | (1). save as is otherwise provided in these regulations or | the context otherwise indicates, the provisions of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall, in so far | as such provisions can be so applied, apply mutatis mutandis | in relation to all documents registered or filed or intended | to be registered or filed in a deeds registry under these | regulation.". | |3. The amendment of regulation 2 of Chapter 2A - | |(a) by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subregulation (1) | of the following paragraph | | "(b) Such a registration may be effected on The | leasehold grantor, on being satisfied that the provisions of | regulation 1 of this Chapter have been complied with, on | an application made on a form substantially the same as that | set out in Schedule V to these regulations, shall issue a | certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule W | to these regulations."; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subregulation (2) | of the following paragraph : | | "(a) shall lodge with the officer in charge of the deeds | registry concerned the application (Schedule V), the | certificate (Schedule W) and other documents required for | the registration of such right and the said officer, if | satisfied that the documents are in order, shall register | such right, subject to the conditions prescribed in these | regulations, in favour of the competent person concerned | question in the relevant register in the deeds office;'; and | |(c) by the deletion of paragraph (b) of subregulation (2); and | |(d) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | subregulation (3) of the following words: | | "The certificate referred to in subregulation (2) | (1)(b) shall serve as proof in favour of the registered | holder thereof -". | |4. The amendment of regulation 4 of Chapter 2A by the |substitution for subregulation (1) of the following |subregulation : | | "(1) A registered right of leasehold in respect of a | leasehold site may be transferred to another competent | person or to a mortgagee or to the Trust only by means of | a deed and by means of an endorsement on the title | as prescribed in these regulations and subject to any | existing conditions on production of the application | (Schedule G) and declaration (Schedule H), on the registrar | being satisfied that the provisions of these regulations and | of any other law which may be applicable have been complied | with.". | |5. The amendment of regulation 1 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | paragraph : | | "(1) There is hereby established in the off ice of every | Chief Commissioner a deeds registry in which shall be | registered All documents relating to immovable property in | any township in the area of jurisdiction of such Chief | Commissioner referred to in these regulations shall be | registered in a deeds registry."; | |(b) by the deletion of subregulations (2) and (3); and | |(c) by the substitution for the heading of the following | heading: | | "Registration of documents". | |6. Regulation 2 of Chapter 9 is hereby repealed. | |7. The amendment of regulation 3 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | the following words : | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall, unless | inconsistent with the provisions of the Deeds Registries | Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), subject to the provisions | of these regulations -"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (m) of the following | paragraph : | | "(m) keep such registers and make such entries therein as | may be prescribed by the Director-General and as are | necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of | these regulations and of maintaining an efficient system of | registration calculated to afford security of title and | ready reference to any registered deed;"; and | |(c) by the substitution for paragraph (n) of the following | paragraph : | | "(n) generally discharge such duties as the | Director-General may from time to time impose and as are | necessary to give effect to the provisions of these | regulations.". | |8. The amendment of regulation 4 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of |subregulation (1) of the following subparagraph: | | "(ii) -if any such person refuses to consent thereto the | rectification may be made on the authority of the | Director-General an order of a provincial or local | division of the Supreme Court of South Africa;". | |9. The following regulation is hereby substituted for |regulation 5 of Chapter 9 : | | "5. An officer in charge of a deeds registry may on | payment of such fees as may be prescribed by the Director- | General from time to time in terms of the Deeds | Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), permit any | member of the public to inspect the public registers and | other public records in his or her registry and to make | copies of these those records or extracts from those | registers and to obtain such other information concerning | deeds or other documents registered or filed in such | registry as such officer may be prepared to furnish.". | |10. The amendment of Regulation 6 of Chapter 9- | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation : | | "(1) Save as is otherwise provided in these regulations - | | (a) the ownership of land referred to in a deed of grant | may be conveyed from one person to another only by means | of an endorsement on such deed of grant, made by the officer | in charge of a deeds registry in the manner prescribed by | the Director-General on production of the application | (Schedule G) and declaration (Schedule H), on such officer | being satisfied that the provisions of these regulations and | of any other law which may be applicable, have been complied | with; | | (b) any other real right in such land may be conveyed | from one person to another by means of a notarial deed | of cession registered by the officer in charge of the deeds | registry in the manner prescribed by the Director-Gene- | ral."; and | |(b) by the deletion of subregulation (2). | |11. The amendment of regulation 7 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | subregulation (1) of the following words : | | "The officer in charge of a deeds registry shall register | and keep a record in such registry in the manner | prescribed by the Director-General of-"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (f) of subregulation (1) | of the following paragraph : | | "(f) all rights or servitudes over land in a township and | the cession of any such rights on the authority of the | Director-General."; and | |(c) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation | | "(2) On the reversion of an ownership unit still held | under a deed of grant to the Trust grantor for | whatever reason, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | concerned shall endorse the deed of grant thereof or | attach thereto an endorsement to that effect and whenever | such ownership unit is re-allotted, the said officer | shall, on payment to the Trust by the new grantee of the | fee prescribed in regulation 10 of this chapter, endorse | the deed of grant of such unit with regard to such | re-allotment, or attach thereto an endorsement, in the | form prescribed by the Director-General.". | |12. The amendment of regulation 8 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subregulation (5) | of the following paragraph : | | "(a) If the officer in charge of the deeds registry is | satisfied that the documents are in order, he or she | shall register the mortgage bond by making an entry in the | relevant register to the effect that the relevant | certificate property is mortgaged, and he or she | shall endorse the certificate concerned, the deed of | grant, or the certificate of right of leasehold and the | registration duplicates thereof accordingly."; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subregulation (5) | of the following paragraph : | | "(b) The relevant certificate, deed of grant, or | certificate of right of leasehold or and mortgage | bond shall thereafter be delivered to the mortgagee."; | |(c) by the substitution for subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) | of subregulation (6) of the following subparagraph : | | "(iii) the relevant certificate, deed of grant or | certificate of right of leasehold."; | |(d) by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subregulation (6) | of the following paragraph : | | "(b) If the officer in charge of the deeds office | registry is satisfied that the documents are in order, | he or she shall cancel the registration of the mortgage | bond and registration duplicate thereof, note the | cancellation thereof in the relevant register and endorse | the relevant certificate, deed of grant or certificate | of right of leasehold and registration duplicate thereof | accordingly.'; and | |(e) by the substitution for paragraph (d) of subregulation (6) | of the following paragraph : | | "(d) The cancelled mortgage bond and certificate | deed shall thereafter be delivered to the person who | submitted it.". | |13. The amendment of regulation 8A of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the deletion of paragraph (d) of subregulation (1); | |(b) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) If the officer in charge of the deeds registry is | satisfied that the documents are in order, he or she | shall register the cession of the mortgage bond by making an | entry in the relevant register to the effect that the | mortgage bond has been ceded and he or she shall endorse | the relevant certificate, the mortgage bond and the | registration duplicate accordingly."; and | |(c) by the substitution for subregulation (4) of the following | subregulation : | | "(4) The certificate, cession and mortgage bond shall | thereafter be delivered to the person who submitted the | documents.'. | |14. The amendment of regulation 8B of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the deletion of paragraphs (c) and (d) of subregulation | (1); | |(b) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) If the officer in charge of the deeds registry is | satisfied that the documents are in order, he or she | shall cancel the cession of the mortgage bond by making an | entry in the relevant register to the effect that the | cession has been cancelled, and he or she shall endorse | the relevant certificate, mortgage bond, cession and | registration duplicate accordingly.'; and | |(c) by the substitution for subregulation (4) of the following | subregulation : | | "(4) The certificate, mortgage bond and cancelled | consent to the cancellation of the cession shall | thereafter be delivered to the person who submitted the | documents.". | |15. The amendment of regulation 8D of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for paragraph (c) of subregulation (1) | of the following paragraph : | | "(c) the relevant certificate deed."; and | |(b) by the substitution for subregulation (2) of the following | subregulation : | | "(2) If the officer in charge of the deeds registry is | satisfied that the documents are in order, he or she | shall register the renunciation by making an appropriate | entry in the register and shall. endorse the relevant | certificate deed, the mortgage bonds and | registration duplicates thereof accordingly : Provided that | no such renunciation in favour of a mortgage bond that has | not yet been registered, shall be registered.'; and | |(c) by the substitution for subregulation (4) of the following | subregulation : | | "(4) The mortgage bonds and certificate deed shall | thereafter be delivered to the holders thereof.". | |16. The amendment of regulation 9 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following | subregulation : | | "(1) If the owner (in this regulation referred to as the | transferor) of land which is hypothecated under a registered | mortgage bond transfers to another person with the | approval of the Director-General, the whole of the land | hypothecated thereunder and has not reserved any real right | in such land, the officer in charge of the deeds registry | may register the transfer and substitute the transferee for | the transferor as debtor in respect of the bond : Provided | that there is produced to him or her, in duplicate, the | written consent in a form substantially the same as Schedule | Q to these regulations, of the holder of the bond and the | transferee to the substitution of the transferee for the | transferor as the debtor in respect of the bond.'; and | |(b) by the deletion of paragraph (c) of subregulation (4). | |17. The following regulation is hereby substituted for |regulation 10 of Chapter 9 : | | "10. Save as is otherwise provided in these | regulations, notwithstanding anything in any other law | contained, no transfer duty and no fee prescribed in the | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), shall be | payable under these regulations until a date fixed by the | Minister by notice in the Gazette but a fee of two rand | (R2) shall be payable to the Trust in respect of every | transfer of an ownership unit or for every registration | required to be made at a deeds office under these | regulations or for every substitution of a debtor in respect | of a bond.". | |18. The amendment of regulation 12 of Chapter 9 by the |substitution for subregulation (1) of the following |subregulation : | | "(1) If rectification of title is required in respect of | any ownership unit in consequence of a survey or resurvey of | such land or of the correction of any error in the general | plan or diagram thereof, the officer in charge of the deeds | registry concerned may, on written application by the owner | of the land accompanied by the deed of grant and the new or | the corrected general plan or diagram thereof, any bond | thereon and any registered deed of lease or other registered | deed whereby any real right therein is held by any other | person and the written consent of the holder of such bond, | lease or right, endorse on the relevant deeds of | grant in the form prescribed by the Director-General, a | description of the land according to the new or corrected | general plan or diagram, which description shall supersede | the description already appearing on the deed of grant, | bond, lease or right.'. | |19. The amendment of regulation 13 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) in | subregulation (1) of the following words : | | "(1) The officer in charge of a deeds registry, may at the | request of the owner or legal holder or widow, heir or | legal representative in the estate of a deceased owner or | legal holder his or her lawful representative on a | form substantially the same as Schedule R to these | regulations, make a certified or photostatic copy of a deed | or of a bond or of any other document filed in that registry | on being satisfied by affidavit-'; and | |(b) by the substitution for subregulation (5) of the following | subregulation : | | "(5) A fee of two rand (R2) prescribed in terms of | the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act 47 of 1937), shall be | payable to the Trust in respect of every copy of a deed, | bond or other document issued by the officer in charge of a | deeds registry under this regulation.". | |20. The following regulation is hereby substituted for |regulation 14 of chapter 9 : | | "Powers in respect of certain property in insolvent and | certain other estates | | 14.(1) Immovable property which has vested in a trustee in | accordance with the law relating to insolvency and which has | not in terms of that law been re-vested in the insolvent | may, whether before or after rehabilitation of the insolvent, | be transferred only by the trustee, and may not after such | rehabilitation be transferred, mortgaged or otherwise dealt | with by the insolvent until it has been transferred to him | by the trustee : Provided that if after rehabilitation the | trustee has been discharged or there is no trustee in | existence, the Master shall, if satisfied that the | rehabilitated insolvent is entitled to the property, give | him transfer thereof. | |(2) If by virtue of the provisions of the law relating to insol- |vency an insolvent has been restored to him, any property, such |property may not be transferred, mortgaged or otherwise dealt |with be the insolvent until an endorsement that the property |has been restored of him, has been made by the registrar on the |title deed of the property. | |(3) Nothing in this regulation contained shall be construed as |modifying any provision of the law relating to insolvency. | |(4) The provisions of this regulation shall apply mutatis |mutandis in respect of - | |(a) estates administered and distributed under section 34 of the | Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No.66 of 1965): | |(b) companies which are unable to pay their debts and are | liquidated and wound up by or under supervision of court | under the Companies Act, 1973); | |(c) close corporations which are unable to pay their debts and | are liquidated and wound up by or under the supervision of | the court under the Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act No. | 69 of 1984).". | |21. The amendment of regulation 19 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the heading of the following | heading: | | 'Transfer of mortgaged ownership unit'; and | |(b) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | the following words : | | "No transfer of a mortgaged certificate ownership | unit shall be registered by the officer in charge of the | deeds registry concerned, until the bond has been cancelled | or the ownership unit has been released from the operation | of the said bond : Provided that no such cancellation | shall be necessary if the transfer is made-". | |22. The amendment of regulation 21 of Chapter 9 - | |(a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of | the following words : | | "In an application for the registration of the any | transfer of a certificate an ownership unit that is | an asset in a joint estate, the surviving spouse shall be | joined in his or her personal capacity with the executor | of the estate of the deceased spouse, except -"; | |(b) by the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following | paragraph : | | "(b) where the certificate ownership unit has been | sold to pay the debts of the joint estate;"; and | |(c) by the substitution for paragraph (e) of the following | paragraph : | | "(e) where the surviving spouse has signed the application | for the registration of the transfer of the certificate | ownership unit as the executor.". | |23. The following regulation is hereby substituted for |regulation 22 of Chapter 9 : | | "22. If a certificate an ownership unit or | mortgage bond registered in the name of a body of persons is | acquired by any member of that body of persons in his | individual capacity, the consent required under these | regulations for the transfer of such certificate | ownership unit or cession of the bond shall be | signed by all the persons comprising that body : Provided | that, if the body of persons is a company, such consent | shall be signed by all the directors of that company.'. | |24. The following schedule is hereby substituted for Schedule |W : | | "SCHEDULE W | | CERTIFICATE OF RIGHT OF LEASEHOLD | |It is hereby certified that the right of leasehold for | |"residential/business/professional purposes has been granted | |to.......................................................... |

SCHEDULE 2 ________________________________________________________________________________ No. and year of | Short Title |Extent of Act | |Repeal __________________|___________________________________________________|_________ | BOPHUTHATSWANA | __________________|___________________________________________________|_________ | | Act No. 47 of 1937|Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953|The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|Bophuthatswana General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957|The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962|The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|Bophuthatswana General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965|The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969|The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|Bophuthatswana Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|Bophuthatswana Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 | | Act No. 16 of 1977|Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1977|The whole | | Act No. 4 of 1981 |Bophuthatswana Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1981|The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | CISKEI | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|Ciskei Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|Ciskei General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|Ciskei General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|Ciskei Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|Ciskei Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 | | Act No. 19 of 1981|Ciskeian Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1981 |The whole | | Act No. 19 of 1982|Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1982 |The whole | | Act No. 29 of 1983|Ciskei Deeds Registry Amendment Act, 1983 |The whole | | Act No. 45 of 1984|Ciskei Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1984 |The whole | | Act No. 24 of 1987|Ciskei Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1987 |The whole | | Decree No. 6 of | | 1994 |Ciskei Deeds Registries Amendment Decree, 1994 |The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | GAZANKULU | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|Gazankulu Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|Gazankulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|Gazankulu General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|Gazankulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|Gazankulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|Gazankulu General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|Gazankulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|Gazankulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|Gazankulu Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |Gazankulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|Gazankulu Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 | | Act No. 7 of 1993 |Gazankulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1993 |The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | KANGWANE | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|KaNgwane General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|KaNgwane General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|KaNgwane Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|KaNgwane Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 | | Act No. 62 of 1973|KaNgwane General Law Amendment Act, 1973 |Sections 7,8,9 | |and 10 | | Act No. 29 of 1974|KaNgwane General Law Amendment Act, 1974 |Section 10 | | Act No. 57 of 1975|KaNgwane General Law Amendment Act, 1975 |Sections 9 and | |12 | | Act No. 1 of 1977 |KaNgwane Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1977 |The whole | | Act No. 41 of 1977|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1977 |The whole | | Act No. 92 of 1978|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1978 |The whole | | Act No. 44 of 1980|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1980 |The whole | | Act No. 54 of 1980|KaNgwane Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1980 |The whole | | Act No. 12 of 1981|KaNgwane Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1981 |The whole | | Act No. 27 of 1982|KaNgwane Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1982 |The whole | | Act No. 77 of 1983|KaNgwane Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1983 |The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | KWANDEBELE | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|KwaNdebele General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and |15 | | | Act No. 43 of 1957|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|KwaNdebele General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|KwaNdebele Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|KwaNdebele Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 | | Act No. 62 of 1973|KwaNdebele General Law Amendment Act, 1973 |Sections 7,8,9 | |and 10 | | Act No. 29 of 1974|KwaNdebele General Law Amendment Act, 1974 |Section 10 | | Act No. 57 of 1975|KwaNdebele General Law Amendment Act, 1975 |Sections 9 and | |12 | | Act No. 1 of 1977 |KwaNdebele Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1977 |The whole | | Act No. 41 of 1977|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1977 |The whole | | Act No. 92 of 1978|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1978 |The whole | | Act No. 44 of 1980|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1980 |The whole | | Act No. 54 of 1980|KwaNdebele Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1980 |The whole | | Act No. 12 of 1981|KwaNdebele Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1981 |The whole | | Act No. 27 of 1982|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1982 |The whole | | Act No. 77 of 1983|KwaNdebele Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1983 |The whole | | Act No. 6 of 1988 |KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1988 |The whole | | Act No. 5 of 19921|KwaNdebele Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1992 |The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | KWAZULU | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|KwaZulu Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|KwaZulu General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | -Act No. 43 of 196|KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|KwaZulu General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|KwaZulu Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|KwaZulu Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 | | Act No. 62 of 1973|KwaZulu General Law Amendment Act, 1973 |Sections 7,8,9 | |and 10 | | Act No. 29 of 1974|KwaZulu General Law Amendment Act, 1974 |Section 10 | | Act No. 57 of 1975|KwaZulu General Law Amendment Act, 1975 |Sections 9 and | |12 | | Act No. 1 of 1977 |KwaZulu Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 1977 |The whole | | Act No. 4 of 1981 |KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1981 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1989|KwaZulu Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1989 |The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | LEBOWA | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|Lebowa Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|Lebowa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|Lebowa General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|Lebowa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|Lebowa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|Lebowa General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|Lebowa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|Lebowa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|Lebowa Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |Lebowa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 6 of 1992 |Lebowa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1992 |The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | QWAQWA | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|Qwaqwa General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|Qwaqwa General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4 and | |5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|Qwaqwa Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1979|Venda Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1979 |The whole | | Proclamation 45 of|Venda Land Affairs Proclamation, 1990 |Section 33 1990 | | | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 10 of 1988|Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1988 |The whole | | Act No. 4 of 1993 |Qwaqwa Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1993 |The whole __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | TRANSKEI | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|Transkei Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|Transkei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|Transkei General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14, 15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|Transkei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 4 of 1962 |Transkei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|Transkei General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4, 5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|Transkei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|Transkei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|Transkei Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |Transkei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|Transkei Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 | | Act No. 62 of 1973|Transkei General Law Amendment Act, 1973 |Sections 7,8,9 | |and 10 | | Act No. 29 of 1974|Transkei General Law Amendment Act, 1974 |Section 10 | | Act No. 57 of 1975|Transkei General Law Amendment Act, 1975 |Sections 9, 12 | | Act No. 7 of 1976 |Transkei Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1976 |The whole | | Act No. 13 of 1976|Transkeian Deeds Registries Further Amendment Act, |The whole |1976 | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ | VENDA | __________________|___________________________________________________|______________ Act No. 47 of 1937|Venda Deeds Registries Act, 1937 |The whole | | Act No. 15 of 1953|Venda Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1953 |The whole | | Act No. 50 of 1956|Venda General Law Amendment Act, 1956 |Sections 14 and | |15 | | Act No. 43 of 1957|Venda Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1957 |The whole | | Act No. 43 of 1962|Venda Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1962 |The whole | | Act No. 80 of 1964|Venda General Law Amendment Act, 1964 |Sections 4, 5 | | Act No. 87 of 1965|Venda Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1965 |The whole | | Act No. 61 of 1969|Venda Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 1969 |The whole | | Act No. 66 of 1971|Venda Sectional Titles Act, 1971 |The whole | | Act No. 3 of 1972 |Venda Deed Registries Amendment Act, 1972 |The whole | | Act No. 71 of 1972|Venda Land Survey Amendment Act, 1972 |Section 17 __________________|___________________________________________________|______________

SCHEDULE 3

Beginning at the point where the prolongation of the western boundary of the farm Geluk 42-HN meets the middle of the Vaal River; thence generally northwards and north-eastwards along the boundaries of the following farms to include them in this area:

the said Geluk 42-HN, Diamantvlakte 41-HN, Guldenskat 36-HO, Mooiplaats 28-HO, Herminie 27-HO, Surrey 26-HO, Eersteregt 289-HO, Aden 288-HO, Kareeboomput 286-HO, Koppie Enkel 284-HO, Koppie Enkel 282-HO, Armoedsvlakte 281 -HO, Uitkyk 256-HO, Kareepan 255-HO, Smitskraal 254-HO, Amsterdam 129-HO, Honeys Kop 126- HO, Klipplaat 125-HO, Louwsvlakte 25-HN, Braklaagte 24-HN, Fouriesgraf 23-HN, Pudumong 22-HN, Zwartkoppies 21-HN, Donkerpoort 20-HN, Rosenburg 19-HN, Botmanspoort 12-HN, Vlaklaagte 11-HN, Tochgekregen 10-HN, Wolhuterskop 4-HN, Schoonheid 2-HN, Strydvlakte 3-HN, Marokane 1-HN, Honingspruit 32-HO, Zoet en Smart 31-HO, Mooifontein West 1-HO, Mooifontein Oost 2-HO, Kareeput 257-IO, Rietfontein 240-IO, Grootpan 239-IO, Grootgewaagd 238-IO, Blaauwboschpan 237-IO, Broedersput 213-IO, Wonderfontein 211-IO, Tarentaalkraal 210-IO, Blesbokfontein 190-10, Donkerpoort 189-10, Abel Coetzee 188-IO, Welverdiend 159-IO, Kalkpan 160-IO, Zuurbult 156-IO, Boschrand 157-IO, Maribogo 10-IO, Mooiplaats 9-IO, Kunana Location 4-10, Siberia 2-10, Louisdal 1 -IO, Goedgevonden 87-IO, Naauwpoort 84-IO, Groenwal 69-IO, Roosendal 68-IO, Onverhouden 56-IO, Boskop 65-IO, Mooilaagte 41-IO, Mooimeisjesfontein 118-JO, Valleifontein 113-JO, Rooigrond 135-JO, Bauwel 128-JO, Freshwater 130-JO, Lanric 59-JO, Jesmond Dene 88-JO, Doornhoek 87-JO, Sunnyside 54-JO, Thorn Dale 57-JO, De Wig of Kuil 77-JO, De Eg 76-JO, Bosjeslaagte 52-JO, Makaligalieskraal 51-JO, to the westernmost beacon of the said farm Makaligalieskraal 51-JO; thence generally north-eastwards along the international boundary between South Africa and Botswana (formed by the Marico- and Limpopo Rivers) to the confluence of the Shashe River with the said Limpopo River; thence generally eastwards, south-eastwards, and southwards along the international boundaries between South Africa and Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland to the westernmost beacon of the Remainder of Portion 2 (Diagram SG No. A2935/1908), in extent 26,0204 hectares, of the farm Voorslag 24- HU; thence south-westwards and westwards along the boundaries of the following to include them in this area (being the boundary with KwaZulu/Natal): the said Portion 2 of Voorslag 24-HU, Bergplaats 25-HU, Welkom 26-HU, Vergenoegdheid 39-HU and Agatha 41-HU to the point where the southern boundary of the last named farm coincides with the middle of the Vaal River; thence westwards along the Vaal River to include the provinces of Mpumalanga, Gauteng and part of North-West into this area to the point where the middle of the Vaal River and the prolongation of the western boundary of the farm Geluk 42-HN meet; the point of beginning.