Payment of Quitrent (Cape) Act 14 of 1927

Payment of Quitrent (Cape) Act, 1927 (No. 14 of 1927 )

Act

to regulate the payment of quitrent by part owners of land subject to payemnt of quitrent andsituated in the Province of the Cape of Good Hope.

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 :-

Payment of quitrent in respect of undivided or subdivided portion of land in Cape Province.

1. The provisions of any other law notwithstanding, no owner of any undivided share or subdivided portion of any land subject to the payment of quitrent and situated in the Province of the Cape of Good Hope and in respect of which no apportionment of quitrent has been made shall be liable for a larger proportion of the quitrent payable in respect of such land than is proportionate to the extent or area of the holding owned by him : Provided that on no such share or portion shall less than five shillings quitrent be payable.

What receipt required in case of transfer.

2. The production of the receipt or certificate of a competent revenue officer that the quitrent payable in respect of any such share or portion has been duly paid shall be sufficient compliance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section forty-four of the Deeds Registries Act, 1918 (Act No. 13 of 1018) (in so far as they relate to payments of quitrent) in respect of any grant or transfer of any such share or portion.

Short title.

3. This Act may be cited as the Payment of Quitrent (Cape) Act, 1927.

Commencement

9 June 1927