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Property Practitioners Act, 2019 (Act No. 22 of 2019)

Chapter 8 : Property Practitioners

48. Prohibition on rendering services without Fidelity Fund certificate

 

(1) No person or entity may act as a property practitioner unless, in addition to any other requirements provided for in or under this Act—
(a) he or she or it has been issued with a Fidelity Fund certificate contemplated in section 47; or
(b) if he or she or it employs any other person as a property practitioner, that person has also been issued with a Fidelity Fund certificate contemplated in section 47.

 

(2) If an entity is—
(a) a company;
(b) a close corporation;
(c) a trust; or
(d) a partnership,

every director of such a company, every member of such a close corporation, every trustee of such a trust and every partner of such a partnership, as the case may be, must have been issued with a Fidelity Fund certificate contemplated in section 47.

 

(3) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

 

(4) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) must, immediately upon receipt of a request from any relevant party in writing, repay any amount received in respect of or as a result of any property transaction during such contravention.

 

(5) A person who fails to comply with a request contemplated in subsection (4) is guilty of an offence.

 

(6) The provisions of this section apply irrespective of—
(a) what appellation a person or entity is described by; or
(b) whether he, she or it is registered, certified or appointed or acts in terms of or under or for purposes of any other Act.