Trust Property Control Act, 1988 (Act No. 57 of 1988)

11. Registration and identification of trust property

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(1)Subject to the provisions of the Financial Institutions (Investment of Funds) Act, 1984 (Act No. 39 of 1984), section 40 of the Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No. 66 of 1965), and the provisions of the trust instrument concerned, a trustee shall—
(a)indicate clearly in his bookkeeping the property which he holds in his capacity as a trustee;
(b)if applicable, register trust property or keep it registered in such manner as to make it clear from the registration that it is trust property;
(c)make any account or investment at a financial institution identifiable as a trust account or trust investment;
(d)in the case of trust property other than property referred to in paragraphs (b) or (c), make such property identifiable as trust property in the best possible manner.
(e) record the prescribed details relating to accountable institutions which the trustee uses as agents to perform any of the trustee’s functions relating to trust property, and from which the trustee obtains any services in respect of the trustee’s functions relating to trust property.

[Section 11(e) inserted by section 5(a) of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022), GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 1 April 2023 per Proclamation Notice 109(b), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]

 

(1A) The prescribed requirements referred to in paragraph (e) must be prescribed after consultation with the Minister of Finance and the Financial Intelligence Centre, established by section 2 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act No. 38 of 2001)

[Section 11(1A) inserted by section 5(a) of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022), GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 1 April 2023 per Proclamation Notice 109(b), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]

 

(2)In so far as the registration or identification of trust property being administered by a trustee at the commencement of this Act does not comply with the requirements of subsection (1), the trustee shall within a period of 12 months after the said commencement take such steps or cause such steps to be taken as may be necessary to bring the registration or identification of such property into conformity with the said requirements.

 

(3)Upon application in terms of subsection (2) to bring the registration of trust property into line with the provisions of subsection (1), the officer in charge of a deeds registry where such trust property is registered, shall free of charge take such steps as may be necessary to effect the required registration.