(1) Where—
(a) any road which has vested in the President or a road authority in terms of this Act or any other law is no longer required as a road; and
(b) no title deed has been issued in respect of that road in terms of subsection (2) of section fifty-six or the corresponding provision of the repealed Act; the President or road authority, as the case may be, subject to this section and of any law relating to the closure of roads, may dispose of the land comprising that road in accordance with subsection (2).
(2) Where any land which is to be disposed of in terms of subsection (1)—
(a) is to be disposed of to the owner of the property over which that road passes, the Minister or road authority, as the case may be, shall notify the Registrar of Deeds and the Surveyor-General who shall take such action as may be necessary to cancel any endorsement, note or other record in any title deed, general plan or survey diagram relating to the vesting of that road and on such removal that road—
(i) shall cease to vest in the President or road authority, as the case maybe; and
(ii) shall no longer be regarded as set aside as a road;
(b) is to be disposed of to a person other than a person referred to in paragraph (a)—
(i) the Minister or road authority, as the case may be, shall require the Registrar of Deeds to issue a title deed such as is referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section fifty-six in respect of that land and shall thereafter transfer that land to that person; and
(ii) paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of section fifty-six shall apply, mutatis mutandis; or
(c) comprises part of the remaining extent of any property, the ownership of which has been transferred to the President or road authority, as the case may be, in terms of subsection (1) of section fifty-six, the whole or any portion of that land may be transferred to such person as the President or road authority, as the case may be, thinks fit.
(3) Where the whole or a portion of a general plan is cancelled in terms of section forty-two or section 46 or 47 of the Land Survey Act [Chapter 20:12]—
(a) the ownership of any roads indicated on that general plan or portion thereof as vested in the President or road authority shall, on such cancellation, revest in the owner of the property on which the roads are situated; and
(b) any subdivision shown on that general plan or portion thereof shall, on such cancellation, cease to exist as a subdivision; and
(c) any township approved in terms of Part III of the repealed Act shown on that general plan or portion thereof shall, on such cancellation, cease to exist as a township and any condition fixed on the establishment of that township shall no longer apply to the land; and
(d) the Surveyor-General and the Registrar of Deeds shall make the appropriate amendments in their records and the Registrar of Deeds shall make the appropriate endorsements on the title deeds to the properties concerned.
(4) If any land is sold by a road authority in terms of this section, the moneys received by that road authority from the sale of that land shall, after deducting any expenses incurred in connection with the sale, be paid into the development account of that road authority.