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Constitutional court ruling on historical debt of property owners

In order to transfer immovable property, the seller is required to obtain a rates clearance certificate from the relevant municipality. Section 118(1) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (“the Act”) provides that: ‘(1) A registrar of deeds may not register the transfer of property except on production to that registrar of deeds of […]