Defence Endowment Property and Account (Amendment) Act 17 of 1929

Defence Endowment Property and Account (Amendment) Act, 1929 (No. 17 of 1929)

Act

to amend the Defence Endowment Property and Account Act, 1922.

Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows :-

Amendment of section three of Act No. 33 of 1922.

1. Section three of the Defence Endowment Property and Account Act, 1922 (Act No. 33 of 1922), is hereby amended by the insertion-

(a) in sub-section (1) after the word "sale" of the word "donation" ; and

{b) at the end of the said section of the following subsections:- 

(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law relating to the disposal of Crown land, the Governor-General may, subject to such reservations and conditions as he may deem fit, donate and transfer to the Commission for the preservation of natural and historical monuments of the Union established under section one of the Natural and Historical Monuments Act, 1923 (Act No. 6 of 1923)- 

(a) the property specified in item No. 4 or 5 of the Schedule to this A_ct, or any portion of any such property; and

(b) the property, or any portion of the property, described in any other item of the said Schedule which the Minister of Defence may certify under his hand to be an object of historical interest and to be property which is not required, and is not likely to be required, for the purpose of the Union Defence Forces.

(7) No transfer duty, stamp duty or any registration fees or charges shall be payable in respect of any donation or transfer under sub-section (6) and notwithstanding anything contained in any law any property transferred to the Commission in terms of sub-section (6) shall not so long as it remains vested in such Commission he liable to be rated for any purpose by any local government authority.

Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as the Defence Endowment Property and Account (Amendment) Act, 1929.

Commencement

3 April 1929

Amendments

To be repealed by Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Act 17 of 2015