Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991 (Act No. 112 of 1991)Chapter 1 : Conversion of Land Tenure Rights into Ownership11. Directions as to opening of township registers |
| (1) | The registrar of deeds shall not open any township register in respect of a township referred to in section 9(1), unless a certificate of rights to minerals has been taken out in favour of— |
| (a) | the township owner, in respect of all rights to minerals held by him under the same title as the title by which he is the registered owner of the land on which the township is situated; |
| (b) | any person who is the holder of, or who is entitled to, the rights to minerals referred to in section 71(2)bis(a) of the Deeds Act, if such certificate has not yet been issued. |
| (2) | For the purposes of section 9(2)— |
| (a) | any general plan approved by or under any law other than the Land Survey Act, 1927 (Act No. 9 of 1927), shall be deemed to be a general plan approved under the Land Survey Act, 1927; and |
| (b) | the township owner or the person in whom the rights to minerals in respect of the land vests, if that township owner or person is not the Minister, shall be deemed to have consented to the opening of the township register. |