"owner"

means, in relation to —

(a)State land held —
(i)under a lease, licence or allotment registered in a deeds registry or other registration office and containing an option to purchase such land, the person registered as the holder of such lease, licence or allotment;
(ii)under a deed of sale, the purchaser under such deed;
(b)land of which any institution, council or body contemplated in section 84(1)(f) of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961), is an owner as contemplated in paragraph (e)(i), or which is held or controlled by such institution, council or body, excluding any commonage within the area of jurisdiction of such institution, council or body which is leased as an agricultural unit for the sole account of a lessee, any such institution, council or body;
(c)[Paragraph (c) deleted by Proclamation No. R.116 of 1994]
(d)[Paragraph (d) deleted by Proclamation No. R.116 of 1994]
(e)any other land —
(i)subject to subsections (3)(b) and (4) of this section, the registered owner of the land or, if the land has been sold, the purchaser; or
(ii)if the owner or purchaser is absent from the Republic or cannot be traced, or is a minor, mentally disordered person, insolvent or otherwise incompetent in law to administer his estate, or is deceased, or is a body corporate under judicial management or in liquidation, the agent or legal representative of such owner or purchaser, or any other person authorized in law to administer his estate, or, in the case of such body corporate, its judicial manager or liquidator, in the Republic;
(f)any controlled animal or thing, or any other moveable property, the person in whom the ownership in respect of such animal, thing or property is vested, including the person having the management, custody or control of such animal, thing or property, or having it in his possession for purposes of any treatment or care or, for the purposes of sections 9(2) and 11 (1)(b), in the case of wild or foreign animals found on land or among animals, the owner or manager, or owner, respectively, in respect of such land or animals;