Registration of Titles to Land Act, 2000 (Act No. 16 of 2000).
An Act to provide for a register of land titles, and to provide for the registration of estates and interests in land, in that register.
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This Act provides with respect to the registration of every parcel of land for which a folio of the Register is established under this Act.The Act consists of 81 sections divided into 8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); The Register (III); Instruments and Dealings with Land (IV); Transmissions, Liquidation and Trust (V); Effect of Registration (VI); Assurance Fund and Compensation (VII); Miscellaneous (VIII).The purposes of this Act are to: (a) provide certainty of ownership of interests in land and to simplify proof of ownership; (b) facilitate the economic and efficient execution of transactions with respect to interests in land; and (c) provide compensation for persons who sustain loss in circumstances prescribed.
