1. "Voetstoots"

Almost every Deed of Sale/Offer to Purchase relating to the sale of immovable property contains a clause stating that the property is sold "voetstoots" (as is/as it stands). What is the effect of such a clause? Under the common law the...

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2. 1 Deeds registries

1 Deeds registries (1) (a) The Minister may from time to time, subject to the laws governing the public service, by notice in the Gazette- (i) establish or disestablish deeds registries; (ii) establish or disestablish sub-deeds registries within the...

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3. 1 Definitions

1 Definitions (1) In this Act and the rules, unless the context otherwise indicates- 'Administrator' ...... [Definition of 'Administrator' substituted by s. 1 (a) of Act 63 of 1991 and deleted by s. 1 (a) of Act 44 of 1997.] 'architect' means a...

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4. 10 Sale by developers of certain units occupied by certain lessees

10 Sale by developers of certain units occupied by certain lessees (1) A developer shall subject to subsection (5), not offer for sale or sell any unit in that building which is occupied by a lessee who was entitled to be notified in terms of...

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5. 100 Formal defects

100 Formal defects No act in connection with any registration in a deeds registry shall be invalidated by any formal defect, whether such defect occurs in any deed passed or registered, or in any document upon the authority of which any such deed...

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6. 101 Special provisions relating to Vryburg deeds registry

101 Special provisions relating to Vryburg deeds registry (1) The practice prevailing prior to the commencement of the Deeds Registries Act, 1918, in the deeds registry at Vryburg of transferring or mortgaging land held under a certificate of...

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7. 102 Definitions

102 Definitions (1) In this Act unless inconsistent with the context- 'conveyancer' means, in respect of any deeds registry, a person practising as such in the Republic, and includes a person admitted as an attorney in terms of the relevant...

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8. 11 Applications for opening of sectional title registers

11 Applications for opening of sectional title registers (1) A developer may, after approval of a draft sectional plan by the Surveyor-General, apply to the registrar in charge of the deeds registry in which the land comprised in the scheme is...

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9. 11 Applications for opening of sectional title registers

11 Applications for opening of sectional title registers (1) A developer may, after approval of a draft sectional plan by the Surveyor-General, apply to the registrar in charge of the deeds registry in which the land comprised in the scheme is...

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10. 12 Registration of sectional plans and opening of sectional title registers

12 Registration of sectional plans and opening of sectional title registers (1) When the requirements of this Act and any other relevant law have been complied with, the registrar shall- (a) register the sectional plan and allot a distinctive number...

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