S.L. 55.6 Art. 16Copy of acts and wills. Substituted: L.N. 157 of 2018.

Where the official Public Registry or Land Registry searches refer to an inter vivos act regarding the immovable or to a will affecting the title to such immovable, an authenticated copy of such act and will, including all relevant documents annexed thereto, shall form part of the searches: Provided that an unofficial copy of an act or will obtained from the Office of the Notary to Government shall be deemed to be an authenticated copy for the purpose of these regulations and a notary who relies on an unofficial copy of an act including the documents annexed thereto, or will, obtained from the Office of the Notary to Government, shall be considered to have acted with due diligence for the purposes of the Act and these regulations:

Provided further that after the death of one of the testators, the notary may obtain an authenticated extract of an unica charta will containing all the testamentary dispositions of the deceased testator instead of a complete copy thereof, but the notary shall not be bound to obtain a copy of an unica charta will published before 1 March 2005 unless the succession of both testators has opened. He may at his discretion obtain a declaration made in terms of the proviso to article 68(2) of the Act.