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Prescription Act, 1969 (Act No. 68 of 1969)

Chapter II : Acquisition and Extinction of Servitudes by Prescription

7. Extinction of servitudes by prescription

 

 

(1) A servitude shall be extinguished by prescription if it has not been exercised for an uninterrupted period of thirty years.

 

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) a negative servitude shall be deemed to be exercised as long as nothing which impairs the enjoyment of the servitude, has been done on the servient tenement.