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TITLE X. REGISTERS OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

Chapter 1. Keeping of registers and publicity

Art. 1553.- Principle.

Registers of immovable property shall be kept, in each Awradja Guezat of the Empire of Ethiopia, by the keepers of registers of immovable property.

Art. 1554.- Organization of the places of conservation of registers.

(1) The appointment and the status of the keepers of registers of immovable property and of their assistants shall be as prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture.

(2) The same Ministry shall prescribed the material organization of the places of conservation of the registers of immovable property and ensure the regularity of their functioning.

(3) It shall take the necessary measures for the keeping and the conservation of registers of immovable property.

Art. 1555.- Districts into which the land is divided.

(1) Registers of immovable property shall be kept, in each place of conservation, according to the districts into which the land is divided.

(2) The Ministry of Agriculture shall fix the boundaries of the districts into which the land is divided.

Art. 1556.- Principal register.

In each place of conservation and for each district, a register of property and a register of mortgages shall be kept.

Art. 1557.- Register of immovables.

Where the state of the cadastre allows the adoption of such system, a register of immovables shall be kept in each district.

Art. 1558.- Register of owners.

Where the state of the cadastre does not allow the drawing up of a register of immovables, a register of owners shall be kept in each district instead of such register.

Art. 1559.- Other registers.

The Ministry of Agriculture may, by a general directive, or by a directive specially applicable to one or more places of conservation, prescribe the keeping of additional registers.

Art. 1560.- Registers may not be removed.

The registers of immovable property may in no case be removed from the place where they are kept.

Art. 1561.- Publicity of registers. -1. Principle.

The registers of immovable property are public.

Art. 1562.- 2. Registers of immovables and of owners.

(1) Keepers of registers shall, on request, deliver a certified true copy of the leaf concerning a particular immovable which is to be found in the registers of immovables.

(2) They shall, on request, deliver a certified true copy of the leaf or leaves concerning a particular owner which are to be found in the register of owners.

(3) They shall, where necessary, deliver a certificate showing that the leaf of an immovable does not contain any registration or that no leaf concerning a particular owner exists I the register.

Art. 1563.- 3. Principal registers or supporting documents.

(1) Keepers of registers of immovable property shall on request deliver certified true copies of the acts which are registered in the registers of property or of mortgages.

(2) They shall on request deliver certified true copies of the supporting documents kept by them.

Art. 1564.- 4. Form of copies or certificates.

All copies and all certificates delivered by the keeper of registers of immovable property shall be of no effect unless they bear the seal of the place of conservation, the signature of eth keeper or of a person authorized to deliver the copy or the certificate, and an indication of the date on which the copy or the certificate was delivered.

Art. 1565.- Fees to be charged.

(1) The Ministry of Agriculture shall fix the fees to be charged in respect of the various registrations in the registers of immovable property.

(2) It shall fix the fees to be charged in respect of the delivery of copies or certificates by the keepers of registers.

Art. 1566.- Liability of keeper.

(1) Keepers of registers of immovable property shall be liable for the prejudice which they cause to others by the non-performance or bad performance or tardy performance of the obligations incumbent upon them.

(2) The State shall be liable for such prejudice in conformity with the provisions of the Title of this Code relating to “Extra-contractual liability” (Art. 2027-2161).

(3) Nothing shall affect the criminal or disciplinary liability of keepers of registers.

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