COMPULSORY REGISTRATION AREA AND VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION RULES

COMPULSORY REGISTRATION AREA AND VOLUNTARY

REGISTRATION

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 296.13

COMPULSORY REGISTRATION AREA AND

VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION RULES

10th May, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 111 of 2024.

The title of these regulations is the Compulsory

Registration Area and Voluntary Registration Rules.

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Land Registration Act;

"compulsory registration area" shall have the same

meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"Land Registrar" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"registrar" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it

in the Act;

"registration area" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"voluntary registration" means the registration of a title

to land in accordance with the provisions of article 17 of the

Act.

Any property situated outside a registration area and has

been registered with any title by the Land Registrar, shall be

considered to be in a compulsory registration area with effect from

31st March 2022.

(1)

In case a registration affects part of a property

which is considered as one (1) unit, that part of the property which

does not fall in a registration area shall be considered for voluntary

registration by the registrar.

(2)

A property which does not fall in a registration area but

enjoys common rights which are registered with the property of third

parties, shall be considered for voluntary registration by the registrar.