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"owner"

means, in relation to—

(a) immovable property, subject to paragraph (b), the person registered as the owner or holder thereof and includes the trustee in an insolvent estate, a liquidator or trustee elected or appointed under the Agricultural Credit Act, 1966 (Act No. 28 of 1966), the liquidator of a company or a close corporation which is an owner and the executor of any owner who has died or the representative recognised by law of any owner who is a minor or of unsound mind or is otherwise under disability, provided such trustee, liquidator, executor or legal representative is acting within the authority conferred on him or her by law;

[Paragraph (a) substituted by section 9 of Act No. 11 of 1996]

(b) immovable property, real rights in immovable property and notarial bonds—
(i) which are registered in the name of both spouses in a marriage in community of property, either one or both of the spouses;
(ii) which are registered in the name of only one spouse and which forms part of the joint estate of both spouses in a marriage in community of property, either one or both of the spouses;
(iii) which are registered under section 17(1) in the name of both spouses in a marriage in community of property to which the provisions of Chapter III of the Matrimonial Property Act, 1984 (Act No. 88 of 1984), are not applicable, the husband;
(iv) which are registered in the name of only one spouse and which form part of the joint estate of both spouses in a marriage in community of property to which the provisions of Chapter III of the Matrimonial Property Act, 1984, are not applicable, the husband;

[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 9 of Act No. 11 of 1996]

(c) [Paragraph (c) deleted by section 9(d) of Act No. 11 of 1996]

[Definition substituted by section 4 of Act No. 75 of 1987]