Section 8: Prohibition on sale

8. Prohibition on sale (1) Subject to section 14 (3) of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act, a developer who has not been issued with a morcellement permit under section 7 shall not— (a) sell or enter into any agreement to sell; or (b) receive any payment or other consideration in respect of any sale or any agreement to sell, any portion of land comprised in the morcellement in respect of which an application has been made. (2) No person shall draw up any deed of sale or any document witnessing an agreement to sell land comprised in a morcellement unless the developer has obtained a morcellement permit. (3) Every sale or agreement for sale made in contravention of subsection (1) shall be null and void. [S. 8 amended by s. 35 (7) of Act 20 of 2001 w.e.f. 1 August 2001.]