Section 4: Digital cadastral database

4. Digital cadastral database (1) There shall be set up for the purposes of this Act a digital cadastral database of every property which shall consist of the entries specified in subsection (2), kept and maintained on computer or such other electronic device at the Ministry. (2) The entries referred to in subsection (1) shall include, in respect of every land parcel— (a) a digital graphic representation of the land parcel; (b) the relationship of all points and polygons in the cadastral framework to the geodetic datum of the Island of Mauritius; (c) the relationship of each land parcel with any other abutting or adjoining land parcel and road; (d) a cadastral lot, area, parcel identification number, plan or diagram of survey, deed, owner and street address; (e) zoning of each land parcel for planning purposes; (f) a description of any building on the land parcel, the area of the building in square metres, its utilisation, the individual descriptors, attributes and other related materials; L6A – 3 [Issue 2] LAVIMS (Project Implementation) Act (g) the market value of the property in terms of the value of the land parcel, buildings, if any, and the value of leasehold rights in State lands; (h) its administrative boundaries for districts, local authorities and electoral boundaries; and (i) such other information as the Permanent Secretary may require. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the land survey plan, the deed of ownership and any change in ownership for the past 30 years and the leasehold agreement of every land parcel shall be integrated in the DCDB. (4) The recording in the DCDB of information in respect of a land parcel shall not create or affect an interest in the land. (5) Where the information in the DCDB is inconsistent with information recorded or noted in the land registry, the information recorded or noted in the land registry shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency. (6) Any information recorded in a deed of transfer of a land parcel regarding the coordinates of land boundaries shall be consistent with the DCDB. (7) For the purposes of this section, the DCDB shall be geo-referenced in terms of the geodetic datum of Mauritius which is based on the WGS 84 reference system of the World Geodetic System 1984.