Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937)Chapter IV : Townships and Settlements49. Special provisions regarding townships in the Transvaal |
| (1) | If any area of land in the province of the Transvaal constitutes by reason of its situation a portion of an existing township, the Administrator may, by proclamation in the official Gazette of that Province, extend the boundaries of that township to include such area, and thereupon such area of land shall be deemed to be and shall be registered as an erf in that township. |
| (2) | If that township is situate in the area served by the deeds registry at Johannesburg, the registrar at Pretoria shall furnish the registrar at Johannesburg with certified copies of the title to the land to be included in such township and of all deeds affecting it, and the registrar at Johannesburg shall thereupon enter the same in the appropriate registers. |
| (3) | No township shall be established or laid out in the Transvaal or be approved by the Administrator of the Transvaal unless the land to be included in such township is wholly situated either within or outside the area of the deeds registry at Johannesburg. |
[Section 49(3) inserted by section 7 of Act No. 61 of 1969]