Land Survey Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997)

31. Rectification of title deeds after resolution of boundary dispute
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(1)Whenever a dispute in regard to any boundary or beacon of contiguous pieces of land has been determined by the judgment of the court or by the award of arbitrators, the owners of any land affected by the judgment or award, or those of them as may be specially directed thereby, shall take such steps as may be necessary, in accordance with the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937), to cause such endorsements to be made on the existing title deeds thereof as the Surveyor-General may direct: Provided that those endorsements shall be based upon a diagram correctly representing the boundaries and beacons of that land as determined by that  judgment or award.

 

(2)Any judgment or award referred to in subsection (1) shall determine in what proportion the costs of any survey for the purpose of framing that diagram, or causing that endorsement, or otherwise giving effect to the judgment or award, shall be borne by the owners of any land affected thereby.

 

(3)The Surveyor-General shall furnish the Registrar with a description of any land in respect of which an endorsement on the existing title is required in terms of  subsection (1) and thereafter no registration of that land or any portion thereof or any share therein shall be effected in a deeds registry until the endorsement has been  made.