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Mining Titles Registration Act, 1967 (Act No. 16 of 1967)

Chapter II : Administration

6. Powers of Director-General

 

(1) The Director-General shall have power—
(a) to require the production of any deeds or documents or of proof of any fact necessary to be established in connection with any matter sought to be performed or effected in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office;

[Section 6(1)(a) substituted by section 6(a) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

(aA) to reject any deed, diagram, plan or other document examined by him or her;

[Section 6(1)(aA) inserted by section 6(b) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

(b) to rectify any error in any deed, diagram, plan or other document recorded, noted, registered or filed in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office: Provided that no such rectification shall be effected which would have the effect of alienating any right;

[Section 6(1)(b) substituted by section 6(c) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

(c) to issue certified copies of deeds, diagrams, plans or other documents registered, recorded or filed in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office under such conditions as he or she may prescribe;

[Section 6(1)(c) substituted by section 6(c) of Act No. 24 of 2003)

(d) to require that a certified copy of any deed, diagram, plan or other document be provided to take the place of one that has become unserviceable or illegible;

[Section 6(1)(d) substituted by section 6(c) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

(e) to deny access to records in instances that pose a threat to the integrity or security of such records;

[Section 6(1)(e) substituted by section 6(c) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

(f) to make an endorsement on his or her own accord on any deed, diagram, plan or document where necessary in terms of this Act.

[Section 6(1)(f) inserted  by section 6(d) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

 

(2) Where any error to be rectified in terms of subsection (1)(b) is common to two or more deeds, diagrams, plans or other documents, including any register in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office, the error shall be rectified in all those deeds, diagrams, plans or other documents.

[Section 6(2) substituted by section 6(e) of Act No. 24 of 2003]

 

(3) [Section 6(3) deleted by section 5 of Act No. 170 of 1993]

 

 


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