Legal Splinters with Regard to the National Programme for Land Registration and the Land Registry
Legal Splinters with Regard to the National Programme for Land Registration and the Land Registry

Summary/Abstract: The National Programme for Land Registration and the Land Registry, which aims to achieve the systematic registration of land in the integrated land cadastre and land register throughout the country by 2023, is in progress. It is a massive undertaking which requires the creation of a new land register and the registration of approximately 40 million immovable assets into it. The present study shows the legal hurdles that have been faced in carrying out the programme. These issues are the following: ongoing property and border disputes between the various owners, succession procedures which have yet to be finalized, and litigation that has arisen as a result of differences between land measurements and the data in the records held at the land registry. Due to the aforementioned legal issues, it is not possible to finalize the systematic registration in the integrated cadastre and land register throughout the country in time (by 2023). Also, there is the legal issue posed by the possibility for the person possessing the immovable asset without valid title to be inducted into the land register as owner, based on a certificate issued by a notary public, which, in our opinion, is contrary to the law.

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