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The official amendment footnotes give 24 September 2001. Act 48 of 2001 omitted the unregistered-contract limb from section 53A and inserted Registration Act section 17(1A),…

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The amendments made by the Amending Act of 1929 to the Transfer of Property Act and the Registration Act, 1908 permitted reliance on unregistered documents for section 53A part performance. That provision was withdrawn by the Registration and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001. The 2001 amendment came into force on:

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The official amendment footnotes give 24 September 2001. Act 48 of 2001 omitted the unregistered-contract limb from section 53A and inserted Registration Act section 17(1A), requiring registration of relevant contracts executed from commencement if they are to support section 53A protection. The other September dates are incorrect. This change concerns the part-performance defence; it does not necessarily prevent an unregistered agreement being received as evidence of a contract in a specific-performance suit under the remaining section 49 proviso.

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