(1) The Registrar shall, if requested by a proprietor of land or a lease where no land certificate or certificate of lease has been issued, issue to him or her a land certificate or a certificate of lease, as the case may be, in the prescribed form showing all subsisting entries in the register affecting that land or lease;
However—
(i) only one such certificate shall be issued in respect of each parcel of land or lease,
(ii) no certificate of lease shall be issued unless the lease is for a certain period exceeding 25 years,
(iii) no certificate shall be issued when an appeal has been made in writing against the decision of the Adjudication Officer in accordance with section 20(2) of the Land Adjudication Act, and
(iv) no certificate shall be issued until a restriction entered on any land, lease or hypothec under section 91 has been removed.
(Amended by Act 7 of 1986)
(2) A land certificate or certificate of lease shall be only prima facie evidence of the matters shown therein, and the land or lease shall be subject to all entries in the register whether they are shown on the certificate or not.
(3) When there is more than one proprietor, the proprietors shall agree among themselves as to who shall receive the certificate, and failing agreement the certificate shall be filed in the Registry.
(4) The date of issue of a land certificate or certificate of lease shall be noted in the register.