• Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991 (Act No. 112 of 1991)
    • Notice No. 1507 of 1991
    • Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter 1 : Conversion of Land Tenure Rights into Ownership
      • 2. Application for conversion of land tenure rights mentioned in Schedule 1
      • 3. Conversion of land tenure rights mentioned in Schedule 2
      • 4. Contents of land tenure rights mentioned in Schedule 1 pending conversion
      • 5. Continuation of title conditions, servitudes, mortgage bonds, etc.
      • 6. Effect of Act
      • 7. Cancellation of certain servitudes and restrictive conditions relating to formalized townships
      • 8. Compensation in respect of cancelled servitudes and conditions
      • 9. Opening of township registers in respect of certain formalized townships
      • 10. Arrangements by Administrator to facilitate opening of township registers
      • 11. Directions as to opening of township registers
      • 12. Conditions of land use
      • 13. Shortened registration procedures relating to certain erven and land transferred by township owner
      • 14. Correction of township registers by registrar of deeds
      • 14A. Court applications
    • Chapter 2 : Formalizing of Townships
      • 15. Declaration of townships to be formalized townships
      • 16. Assistance by Minister to formalize townships
      • 17. Surveying
      • [Repealed] 18. Updating and compilation of registers of land rights
    • [Repealed] Chapter 2A : Rural Settlements
      • [Repealed] 18A. Declaration of areas to be rural settlements
      • [Repealed] 18B. Assistance by Administrator in respect of certain areas
      • [Repealed] 18C. Surveying
      • [Repealed] 18D. Compilation and updating of registers of land rights
      • [Repealed] 18E. Appeal against entries in registers of land rights
      • [Repealed] 18F. Conversion of land tenure rights
      • [Repealed] 18G. Title conditions, servitudes and other rights
      • [Repealed] 18H. Effect of Chapter
      • [Repealed] 18I. Conditions of land use
    • Chapter 3 : Miscellaneous
      • 19. Legal capacity of tribe to obtain property
      • 20. Transfer of tribal land to a tribe
      • 21. Legal presumptions
      • 22. Transfer of certain offices to Department of Land Affairs
      • 23. Offences and penalties
      • 24. Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2
      • 24A. Delegation of powers and assignment of functions
      • 24B. Payment of costs of upgrading
      • 24C. Regulations
      • 24D. Updating and compilation of registers of land rights
      • 25. Application of Act in self-governing territories
      • 25A. Application of Act
      • 26. Short title and commencement
    • Schedules
      • Schedule 1 : Leaseholds, Deeds of Grant and Quitrents
      • Schedule 2 : Rights to the Occupation of Land
  • Regulations
    • Regulations Relating to the Conversion of Land Tenure Rights - effective 1 June 2024
      • Notice No. 4886 of 2024
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Application for conversion of land tenure rights
      • 3. Notice of application
      • 4. Objection to conversion of land tenure right
      • 5. Informing the registrar of the decision
      • 6. Short title and Commencement
      • Forms
        • Form 1 - Application to convert a land tenure right
        • Form 2 - Notice of an application for conversion of a land tenure right by the Minister
        • Form 3 - Objection to an application for conversion of a land tenure right
        • Form 4 - Notice of decision by the Minister in terms of regulation 5