Right of Choice to the Co-Owners on Immovable Property

IMMOVABLE PROPERTY  (TENURE, REGISTRATION AND VALUATION) LAW

 (CAP 224)

25.-(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 26, when the owner of an indivisible shareholding in immovable property makes a statement to the Department of Lands and Registry that he has agreed to sell it to a person who is not a co-owner in the same property, the transfer of that portion shall not be recorded unless:

Obtaining a Right of Way

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