"owner"
means, in relation to—
| (a) | immovable property, subject to paragraph (b), the person registered as the owner or holder thereof and includes the trustee in an insolvent estate, a liquidator or trustee elected or appointed under the Agricultural Credit Act, 1966 (Act No. 28 of 1966), the liquidator of a company or a close corporation which is an owner and the executor of any owner who has died or the representative recognised by law of any owner who is a minor or of unsound mind or is otherwise under disability, provided such trustee, liquidator, executor or legal representative is acting within the authority conferred on him or her by law; |
[Paragraph (a) substituted by section 9 of Act No. 11 of 1996]
| (b) | immovable property, real rights in immovable property and notarial bonds— |
| (i) | which are registered in the name of both spouses in a marriage in community of property, either one or both of the spouses; |
| (ii) | which are registered in the name of only one spouse and which forms part of the joint estate of both spouses in a marriage in community of property, either one or both of the spouses; |
| (iii) | which are registered under section 17(1) in the name of both spouses in a marriage in community of property to which the provisions of Chapter III of the Matrimonial Property Act, 1984 (Act No. 88 of 1984), are not applicable, the husband; |
| (iv) | which are registered in the name of only one spouse and which form part of the joint estate of both spouses in a marriage in community of property to which the provisions of Chapter III of the Matrimonial Property Act, 1984, are not applicable, the husband; |
[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 9 of Act No. 11 of 1996]
| (c) | [Paragraph (c) deleted by section 9(d) of Act No. 11 of 1996] |
[Definition substituted by section 4 of Act No. 75 of 1987]