(1) Where the remaining extent of any property consists solely of roads, whether or not the ownership thereof is vested in the President or a road authority in terms of this Act or any other law, the Registrar of Deeds shall, upon the production to him of the owner’s copy of the title deed to the property concerned, make the appropriate endorsement on such title deed and in his registers, whereupon the ownership of that property shall be deemed to have been transferred to the President or road authority, as the case may be.
(2) The Registrar of Deeds shall, in respect of any road the ownership of which harvested in the President or a road authority in terms of this Act or any other law and on being furnished with a survey diagram of the road—
(a) issue and register a title deed in respect of that road, in a form approved by the Registrar of Deeds, and annex thereto the survey diagram thereof; and
(b) endorse the transfer on the office copy of the title deed to the property concerned and, if at any time thereafter the owner’s copy of the title deed is lodged in the Deeds Registry, cause a similar endorsement to be made thereon; and
(c) not register any transfer or real right in respect of the remainder of the property until the title deed has been endorsed in terms of paragraph (b).
(3) If the title deed referred to in subsection (1) is lost or otherwise unobtainable then upon application by the Minister or road authority, as the case may be, after advertisement has been made in the manner provided under the Deeds Registries Act [Chapter 10:05], the Registrar of Deeds shall, if he is satisfied that no good reason to the contrary exists, issue to the Minister or road authority, as the case may be, a certified copy to take the place of such title deed.