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Deeds Registries Act [Chapter 20:05] - Law & Justice Zimbabwe
Deeds Registries Act [Chapter 20:05] - Law & Justice Zimbabwe
Deeds Registries Act [Chapter 20:05] - Law & Justice Zimbabwe
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(a) theownershipoflandmaybeconveyedfromonepersontoanotheronlybymeansofadeedoftransfer<br />
executedorattestedbyaregistrar;<br />
(b) otherrealrightsinlandmaybeconveyedfromonepersontoanotheronlybymeansofadeedofcession<br />
attestedbyanotarypublicandregisteredbyaregistrar:<br />
Providedthatattestationbyanotarypublicshallnotbenecessaryinrespectoftheconveyanceofrealrights<br />
acquiredunderamortgagebond.<br />
15 Specialprovisionsrelatingtowomen<br />
(1) Amarriedwomanshallbeassistedbyherhusbandinexecutinganydeedordocumentrequiredorpermittedtobe—<br />
(a) registeredinanydeedsregistry;or<br />
(b) producedinconnectionwithanydeedordocumentreferredtoinparagraph(a);<br />
if,byvirtueofhermarriage,shehasnolegalcapacitytoexecutesuchdeedordocumentwithouttheassistanceof<br />
herhusband.<br />
(2) Aregistrarshallrecordthechangeofmaritalstatusandanyconsequentchangeofnameofawomanina<br />
deedordocumentfiledinthedeedsregistryonwrittenapplicationbysuchwomanaccompaniedbytherelevant<br />
deedordocumentandprooftohissatisfactionofsuchchangeofmaritalstatus.<br />
PARTIV<br />
REGISTRATIONOFLAND<br />
TransferofLand<br />
16 TransferofStateland<br />
(1) Theownershipof—<br />
(a) unalienatedStatelandheldunderacertificateofStatetitlereferredtoinsubsection(2)ofsectionseventeenshallbetransferredonlybydeedoftransferexecutedunderproperauthority;<br />
(b) anyotherunalienatedStatelandshall,subjecttotheprovisionsofsubsection(2),betransferredonlyby<br />
adeedofgrantissuedunderproperauthorityandhavingadiagramofthelandannexedthereto.<br />
(2) Itshallnotbenecessarytoannextoadeedreferredtoinparagraph(b)ofsubsection(1)adiagramofany<br />
landifadispensationcertificatehasbeenissuedinrespectofthatlandandthedeedcontainsareferencetothe<br />
generalplanonwhichthatlandisrepresented.<br />
17 RegistrationofrealrightsinStateland<br />
(1) NodeedpurportingtocreateordealwithordisposeofanyrealrightinanyunalienatedStateland,other<br />
thanadeedofgrant,shallbecapableofregistrationuntilacertificateofStatetitlehasbeenissuedinrespectof<br />
thatlandintermsofsubsection(2).<br />
(2) IfanyunalienatedStatelandhasbeensurveyedandisrepresentedonadiagram,aregistrarshall,upon<br />
writtenapplicationbytheMinisteraccompaniedbythediagramofthelandinduplicate,entertheparticularsof<br />
thelandin theappropriateregistersandexecuteintheprescribedformandinaccordancewiththediagrama<br />
certificateofStatetitlethereofpreparedbyaconveyancer.<br />
(3) If,inrelationtoanyStateland,adispensationcertificatehasbeenissued,aregistrarshall,uponwritten<br />
applicationbytheMinister,entertheparticularsofthelandintheappropriateregistersandexecuteintheprescribedformacertificateofStatetitlethereofpreparedbyanotarypublicandcontainingareferencetothegeneralplanonwhichthelandisrepresented.<br />
18 CancellationoftitledeedsondirectionofMinister<br />
(1) Subjecttotheprovisionsofthissection,theappropriateMinistermaydirectaregistrartocancelthetitle<br />
deedofanyland—<br />
(a) ownedbytheStateundertitledeed;or<br />
(b) inrespectofwhichtheStatehastherighttoclaimtransfer;andtheregistrarshallcomplywithsuch<br />
direction.<br />
(2) Beforeadirectionintermsofsubsection(1)isgiven—<br />
(a) theappropriateMinistershall—<br />
(i) givenoticeintermsofsubsection(3)ofhisintentiontogivesuchdirection;and<br />
(ii) considereveryobjectionlodgedinaccordancewiththenoticegivenintermsofsubsection(3);<br />
and<br />
(b) thenecessarystepsshallbetakentoextinguisheveryservitudeorotherencumbranceregisteredoverthe<br />
landconcerned.<br />
(3) Anoticereferredtoinparagraph(a)ofsubsection(2)shall—<br />
(a) bepublishedonceintheGazetteandonceaweekforthreeconsecutiveweeksinanewspapercirculatinginthedistrictwherethelandconcernedissituated;and
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