Laws of Malawi

REGISTERED LAND

Muli bwanji!Lilongwe

CHAPTER 58:01
REGISTERED LAND

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Reconciliation with other laws

PART II
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

Division 1
Land Registries and Officers

    4.    Registration districts

    5.    Land registries

    6.    Appointment of officers

    7.    General powers of Registrar

    8.    Indemnity of officers

    9.    Seal of registry

Division 2
The Land Register

    10.    The Land Register

    11.    Compilation of Land Register

    11A.    Transitional provisions relating to rights, etc., acquired under charges etc., registered under Cap. 58:02

    12.    Manner of registration

    13.    Cancellation of obsolete entries

    14.    New editions of register

Division 3
Maps, Parcels and Boundaries

    15.    Registry map

    16.    Power to alter registry map and to prepare new editions

    17.    Further surveys

    18.    General boundaries

    19.    Fixed boundaries

    20.    Maintenance of boundary features

    21.    Interference with boundary features

    22.    Combinations and subdivisions

    23.    Change of boundaries

PART III
EFFECT OF REGISTRATION

    24.    Interest conferred by registration

    24A.    Effect of registration with provisional title

    25.    Rights of proprietor

    26.    Voluntary transfer

    27.    Overriding interests

    27A.    Conversion of provisional title

    28.    Entries to constitute actual notice

PART IV
SEARCHES AND CERTIFICATES

    29.    Searches and copies

    29A.    Land certificates and certificates of lease

    29B.    Production of certificate

    29C.    Lost or destroyed certificates

    30.    Evidence

PART V
DISPOSITIONS

Division 1
General

    31.    Subsequent dealings

    32.    Protection of persons dealing in registered land

    33.    Additional fee for delayed registration

    34.    Power to compel registration

    35.    Priority of registered interests

    36.    Stay of registration

    37.    Merger of registered interests

Division 2
Leases

    38.    Leases

    39.    Periodic tenancies

    40.    Registration of leases

    41.    Lessor’s consent to dealing with lease

    42.    Lease of charged land

    43.    Duration of leases

    44.    Future leases

    45.    Holding over

    46.    Agreements implied in leases on part of lessor

    47.    Agreements implied in leases on part of lessee

    48.    Meaning of “in repair”

    49.    Lessor’s right of forfeiture

    50.    Effect of forfeiture on subleases

    51.    Notice before forfeiture

    52.    Relief against forfeiture

    53.    Variation and extension of leases

    54.    Substitution of leases

    55.    Subleases

    56.    Surrender of leases

    57.    Determination of leases

    58.    Voluntary registration of leases

    59.    Mining leases

Division 3
Charges

    60.    Form and effect of charges

    61.    Second or subsequent charges

    62.    Presumption that money paid is interest

    63.    Agreements implied in charges

    64.    Chargee’s consent to transfer

    65.    Variation of charges

    66.    Right of redemption

    67.    Right of third party to transfer of charge

    68.    Chargee’s remedies

    69.    Appointment, powers, remuneration and duties of receiver

    70.    Chargee’s powers of leasing

    71.    Power of sale

    72.    Application of purchase money

    73.    Variation of powers

    74.    No right of entry into possession or foreclosure

    75.    Discharge of charge

    76.    Satisfaction of charge

    77.    Further advances

    78.    Consolidation

Division 4
Transfers

    79.    Transfer

    80.    Certificates as to payment of rates

    81.    Transfer to take effect immediately

    82.    Conditions repugnant to interest transferred

    83.    Transfer of part

    84.    Transfer of lease

    85.    Effect of transfer on agreements in lease

    86.    Transfer subject to charge

    87.    Transfer subject to lease

    88.    Transfer of unregistered lease

Division 5
Easements, Restrictive Agreements, Profits and Licences

    89.    Easements

    90.    Restrictive agreements

    91.    Profits

    92.    Release and extinguishment of easements, profits and restrictive agreements

    93.    Discharge and modification of easements, profits and restrictive agreements

    94.    Licences

Division 6
Co-proprietorship and Partition

    95.    Registration of more than one proprietor

    96.    Characteristics of joint proprietorship and severance thereof

    97.    Characteristics of proprietorship in common

    98.    Partition of land owned in common

    99.    When Registrar may order sale

    100.    Procedure where share small

    101.    

Division 7
Succession on Death

    102.    Succession on death

PART VI
INSTRUMENTS

    103.    Form of instruments

    104.    Execution of instruments

    105.    Verification of execution

    106.    Stamps

    107.    Disposal of instruments

    108.    Minors

    109.    Agents and persons under disability

    110.    Gift to person under disability

    111.    Powers of attorney

    112.    Effect of registered power of attorney

PART VII
TRANSMISSIONS, TRUSTS AND FAMILY REPRESENTATION

    113.    Transmission on death of joint proprietor

    114.    Transmission on death of sole proprietor or proprietor in common

    115.    Effect of transmission by death

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