50. Registration of horizontal sub-divisions of buildings
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Subject to the provisions of this Act and of the
Apartment Ownership Law, No. 11 of 1973, the owner of any land parcel registered under this Act upon which a building comprising more than one storey has been constructed, may, upon payment of the prescribed fee make application in the prescribed form to the Registrar-General of Title for the registration of horizontal sub-division of buildings (hereinafter referred to as “condominium parcels”) in accordance with a cadastral map called a condominium plan which shall accompany such application.
owner
“owner” means— (a) inrelation toa land parcel the person named in the Title Register as the owner thereof, and; (b) in relation to an interest in a land parcel, the person named in the register as the person in whose favour the interest is registered;
The reference number of the land Parcel on which the buiiding is constructed and the number of the condominium parcel as depicted on the cadastral map shall together be a sufficient reference to a condominium parcel.
Land parcel
“Land parcel” means an area of land separately delineated on the cadastral map;
The Registrar of Title shall refer such applications together with the condominium plan and the cadastral map to the Superintendent of Surveys for certification.
Registrar of Title
“Registrar of Title” means any person appointed as Registrar of Title under this Act;