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 owner

in relation to -

a) animals or things, conveyances and other movable property, means the person in whom ownership in respect thereof is vested and includes a person who is responsible for the control or management thereof or a person who has such animal or thing. conveyance or movable property in his or her possession, but in the case of game or animals that are not branded in terms of the Livestock Brands Act, 1962 (Act No. 87 of 1962), or of which the ownership cannot readily be established, the user of the land on which such game or animals are present is deemed to be the owner thereof; and
b) land-
i) means the person in whose name that land i s registered;
ii) that has been purchased by a person but has not yet been registered in his or her name, means such purchaser;
iii) that is subject to a usufruct, means the usufructuary; and
iv) of which the owner or purchaser is a minor, mentally disabled person, insolvent or is otherwise incompetent in law to administer his or her estate, or is deceased, or is a body corporate under judicial management or liquidation, means the agent or legal representative of such owner or purchaser or another person authorised by law to administer his or her affairs or, in the case of a body corporate, the judicial manager or liquidator thereof;