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Registration Of Title Act (No. 21 of 1998) - Sect 54

Registration of wills, and instruments executed in terms there of

54.
(1) Where a registered owner dies testate, grant of probate of the will and any instrument executed in terms of the will shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Title in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) Any provision of a will that makes a person owner of an undivided share or of a divided share smaller in extent than the prescribed minimum extent of a land parcel that may be registered under this Act shall have no legal effect.
(3) A Court in which an application is filed or proved in respect of a provision of a will referred to in sub-section (2) shall order a sale of such land parcel among the contending claimants.
(4) The provisions of sections 29 and 30 shall be applicable to Court proceedings in case of testate succession.

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