Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act updated as at 8th May 2015
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the date on which the name of every such person was entered in respect of
the units standing in his or her name.
27.2 Any unit holder shall immediately notify the Board of any change of name or address
on his or her part and once the Board is satisfied thereof, and on compliance with such
formalities as they may require, it shall alter the register or cause it to be altered accordingly.
27.3 The register shall (subject to such reasonable restrictions as the managers may
impose) be open during business hours to the inspection of any unit holder without charge.
27.4 The register may be closed at such times and for such periods as the managers may,
with the approval of the Board, determine provided that it shall not be closed for more than 30
days in any one year, and if the managers decide to close the register, they shall at their expense
give notice by advertisement in a widely circulated newspaper published in Zimbabwe.
27.5 No notice of any trust or interest, express, implied or constructive shall be entered on
the register in respect of any unit.
27.6 Upon the re-sale of any units which are not cancelled in terms of paragraph 19, the
Board shall enter the name of the purchaser in the register as the unit holder thereof and shall
issue a certificate therefor in his or her favour.
Transfer of units
28.1 Every unit holder shall be entitled to transfer the units or any of the units held by him
or her by an instrument in writing in such form as the Board may from time to time approve.
Provided that no transfer shall be registered if the registration thereof would result in the
transferor or the transferee being a registered holder of less than ten units or such lesser number
as the managers may decide with the approval of the Board.
28.2 Every instrument of transfer must be signed by both the transferor and the transferee
and the transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the units transferred until the name of
the transferee is entered in the register in respect thereof;
28.3 Every instrument of transfer must be duly stamped and left with the Board for
registration accompanied by the certificate or certificates relating to the units to be transferred
and such other evidence as the Board may require to prove the title of the transferor or his or her
right to transfer he units. The Board may dispense with the production of any certificate which
has become lost, stolen or destroyed upon compliance by the transferor with the like
requirement to those arising in the case of an application by him or her for the replacement
thereof;
28.4 All instruments of transfer which are registered shall be retained by the Board.
28.5 The Board may charge a fee as agreed with the managers from time to time for the
registration of each transfer and the issue of a new certificate in the name of the transferee and a
balance certificate, if necessary, in the name of the transferor and, if required by the Board, such
fee must be paid before the registration of the transfer.
28.6 The receipt of the unit holder for any moneys payable in respect of the units
represented by such certificate shall be a good discharge to the Board and if several persons are
registered as joint unit holders or in consequence of the death or insolvency of a unit holder are
entitled so to be registered, any one of them may give valid receipts for any such moneys.
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