Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (Act No. 95 of 1986)Part III : Registration and Common Property16. Ownership of common property |
(1) | The common property shall be owned by owners of sections jointly in undivided shares proportionate to the quotas of their respective sections as specified on the relevant sectional plan. |
(2) | A sectional title deed in respect of a section shall, in a separate paragraph, describe the undivided share in the common property of the owner of the section as an undivided share in the common property apportioned to the section in accordance with the quota of the section. |
(3) | A section and its undivided share in the common property shall together be deemed to be one unit, and no section shall be disposed of or be otherwise dealt with apart from its appurtenant undivided share in the common property nor, subject to section 17, shall an undivided share in the common property be disposed of or be otherwise dealt with apart from the section to which it is appurtenant. |
(4) | Any insurance of a section shall be deemed also to insure the undivided share in the common property of the owner of the section, even if no express reference is made to such share. |