Section 12: Effect of transcription of affidavit
consolidated text (as at 2013). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
12. Effect of transcription of affidavit
The transcription of an affidavit of prescription shall not confer on any party
any right on any immovable property which, but for this Act, that party would
not have possessed.
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Affidavits of Prescription Act
FIRST SCHEDULE
[Section 4 (1)]
APPLICATION UNDER THE AFFIDAVITS OF PRESCRIPTION ACT
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF AN AFFIDAVIT OF PRESCRIPTION
I, ........................ of ........ , electing my legal domicile at ..........................,
Port Louis, hereby apply for the registration of the annexed affidavit of prescription
relating to an immovable property of which the situation, description and boundaries
are as follows—
Date and registration number of memorandum of survey accompanying the affidavit of prescription—
..............................................................................................................
..............................................................................................................
Name and address of party alleged to have acquired the immovable property by
prescription—
..............................................................................................................
..............................................................................................................
Name and addresses of parties having sworn affidavit of prescription(cid:2)
1. .........................................................................................................
2. .........................................................................................................
.................................................... ......................................................
Date Applicant
[First Sch. suspended by s. 3 (1) of Act 23 of 2012 w.e.f. 23 October 2012; amended by
s. 2 (e) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 19 May 2014.]
SECOND SCHEDULE
[Section 4 (3)]
NOTICE UNDER THE AFFIDAVITS OF PRESCRIPTION ACT
Notice is hereby given that an application has been made to the Conservator of
Mortgages by ...............................................................................................
.......................... of ................................................ for the transcription of an
affidavit of prescription relating to an immovable property of which the situation,
description and boundaries are as follows—
The affidavit together with the memorandum of survey accompanying it may be
inspected on application at the office of the Conservator of Mortgages.
Any person claiming to be the owner or part of, or to have an interest in, the
whole or part of that immovable property may, within 3 months of the last publication of the present notice, object to the transcription of the affidavit by serving on the
Conservator of Mortgages and on the applicant a notice setting out the grounds of
his objection.
..................................................... ......................................................
Date Applicant
[Second Sch. suspended by s. 3 (1) of Act 23 of 2012 w.e.f. 23 October 2012.]
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THIRD SCHEDULE
[Section 4 (4)]
APPLICATION UNDER THE AFFIDAVITS OF PRESCRIPTION ACT
APPLICATION FOR TRANSCRIPTION OF AN AFFIDAVIT OF PRESCRIPTION
I, ............................................ of ........................................................,
electing my legal domicile at ..........................................................................,
Port Louis, hereby apply to the Conser
icant
[Second Sch. suspended by s. 3 (1) of Act 23 of 2012 w.e.f. 23 October 2012.]
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THIRD SCHEDULE
[Section 4 (4)]
APPLICATION UNDER THE AFFIDAVITS OF PRESCRIPTION ACT
APPLICATION FOR TRANSCRIPTION OF AN AFFIDAVIT OF PRESCRIPTION
I, ............................................ of ........................................................,
electing my legal domicile at ..........................................................................,
Port Louis, hereby apply to the Conservator of Mortgages for the transcription of
the registered affidavit of prescription, together with the newspaper duly registered,
relating to an immovable property of which the situation, description and boundaries
are as follows—
Date and registration number of memorandum of survey accompanying the affidavit of prescription—
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
Name and address of party alleged to have acquired the immovable property by
prescription—
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
Names and addresses of parties having sworn affidavit of prescription—
1. .........................................................................................................
2. .........................................................................................................
..................................................... ...........................................................
Date Applicant
[Third Sch. added by s. 2 (f) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 19 May 2014.]
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