2017
No.8
DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT
Gazetted and in force
23rd June 2017
ZIMBABWE
ACT
To amend the Deeds Registries Act [Chapter 20:05]; and to provide for
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
ENACTED by the President and Parliament of Zimbabwe.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2017.
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Amendment of section 78 of Cap. 20:05
Section 78 ("Attestation of powers of attorney") of the Deeds Registries Act
[Chapter 20:05] (hereinafter called "the principal Act") is amended by the repeal of
paragraph (a) and the substitution of"(a)
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if executed within Zimbabwe, be accepted if witnessed by a legal
practitioner, notary public or justice of the peace, and the signature of such
legal practitioner, notary public or justice of the peace, as the case may be,
has been affixed thereto in the presence of the person executing it;".
New Part inserted in Cap. 20:05
The principal Act is amended by the insertion after Part VII of the following
Part"PART VIII
ELECfRONIC REGISTRY
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Interpretation in Part VIII
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