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Amendment of Sectional Plans

Amendment of Sectional Plans

Section 14 of the Sectional Titles, Act 95 of 1986, (the “Act”) affords the Surveyor General inter alia with the right to substitute any registered sectional plan, found to be incorrect, for another sectional plan (note on the underlined words). In practice it often...

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Succession in the case of simultaneous death

Succession in the case of simultaneous death

Succession is conditional on survivorship. No person can succeed as an heir or legatee unless he or she survives the deceased person. Where an heir has predeceased or died simultaneously with the testator, such person cannot take any benefits from the estate. The...

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