Lands and Deeds Registry (Amendment) Act, 2021

An Act to amend the Lands and Deeds Registry Act. [20th May, 2021
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. 1. This Act may be cited as the Lands and Deeds Registry
(Amendment) Act, 2021, and shall be read as one with the Lands
and Deeds Registry Act, in this Act referred to as the principal
Act. 2 . Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by the insertion of
the following new definitions in the appropriate places in alphabetical
order:
“document” means a written, printed or electronic material that
provides information, evidence or material content and
includes—
(a) a graph or drawing; and
(b) information recorded or stored by electronic means
or on a technological device and capable of being
reproduced. “digital signature” has the meaning assigned to the words in the
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2021;
and
“electronic signature” has the meaning assigned to the words in
the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2021. 3. The principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following
new section immediately after section 4:
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Amendment
of section 2
Act No.4 of
2021
Act No. 4 of
2021
Insertion of
section 4A
Enactment
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tely after section 4:
[No. 39 of 2021 509
Amendment
of section 2
Act No.4 of
2021
Act No. 4 of
2021
Insertion of
section 4A
Enactment
Short title
Cap.

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Lands and Deeds Registry (Amendment)
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 39 of 2021
Date of Assent: 19th May, 2021
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K4.00 each.

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4A. (1) A document required to be lodged with or delivered
to the Registrar may be lodged or delivered by means of a
device or facility that records or stores information
electronically as prescribed.
(2) A signature for the purposes of this Act includes an
electronic and digital signature.
4. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section 30
and the substitution therefor of the following:
(1) A Provisional Certificate or a Certificate of Title may
be issued only to a holder of land in fee simple or as absolute
owner or to the original lessee or subsequent transferee of a
State Lease.
(2) A Provisional Certificate or Certificate of Title may
be issued and maintained in electronic form, as prescribed.
Repeal and
replacement
of section 30
Document
to be filed or
delivered in
electronic
form
who may
obtain
Provisional
Certificate
or
Certificate
of Title
Lands and Deeds Registry (Amendment)