THE CONDOMINIUM

PROPERTY MODEL IN
TANZANIA
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OVERVIEW
1. BACKGROUND TO
CONDOMINIUM
PROPERTY LAW
2.THE UNIT TITLES ACT,
2008
3.CONSEQUENTIAL
DEVELOPMENTS.
1. Background to Condominium
Property Law
1.1 Development of Condominium Property in
Tanzania
A. THE ENGLISH CONCEPTS OF PROPERTY_ The
Common Law Paradigm
Reception Clauses
 1st of January 1922 [Cap. 114 – Old], JALO, JALA.
 Land Act Cap.113
 Ad Coelum Rule
‘cuius est solum eius usque ad coelum et ad
inferos’
‘quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit’
Whatever is affixed to the soil belongs to it. Whatever is
affixed to the soil or the realty, thereby becomes a parcel.
Property as the ‘Res’, ‘Bundle of Entitlements’, etc.
 Background to Condominium
Property Law (Contn..)
1.1 Development of Condominium Property in
Tanzania
A. HISTORY
R.W. James (1971)
 Condominium ‘Archetypes’ in Ismaili Communities
 Structures based on the Law of Associations
Scholastica Masinde ‘Establishment & Management
of Sectional Properties in Dar Es Salaam” MSc
Dissetation in Real Estate, UDSM, 2006
 Private Sectional Property Owners
 Parastatal Sectional Owners (NHC, NSSF, PPF, etc.]
 Background to Condominium
Property Law (Contn..)
1.1 Development of Condominium Property in
Tanzania
A. LAND LAWS
 LAND LAW ACT, CAP.113
Section 22 - Incidences of the Granted Right of Occupancy
Requires GRO to adhere to Registration Statutes
Co-Occupancy Provisions
No Reference to SUB-TITLES or CONDOMINIUM TITLES
 LAND REGISTRATION ACT, CAP. 334*
Section 53 – No Transfer is registrable unless the division
thereof is made vertically.
 Background to Condominium
Property Law (Contn..)
1.2 The Need for Regulating Condominium
Property
A. Facilitating Housing Finance
B. Catching Up With 'Archetypes‘
C. Regulating Stakeholders
D. Facilitating Urban Livelihoods
Prevention of URBAN SPRAWL
Effective, Speedy & Efficient Exchange of
URBAN HOUSING
Reduce Urban Mobility Expenses & Costs
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THE UNIT TITLES ACT 2008

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PART 1: PRELIMINARY
PROVISIONS [SS 1 - 3 ]
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PART II: CREATION & REGISTRATION OF
UNITS [SS 4 - 18]
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PART II: CREATION & REGISTRATION OF
UNITS [SS 4 - 18] (2)
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PART III: PROPRIETARY RIGHTS &

OBLIGATIONS OF CO-OWNERS [SS 19 -
27]
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PART IV: DISPOSITION [SS. 28 -

34]
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PART V: MANAGEMENT OF THE

UNIT PROPERTY [SS. 35 - 66]
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PART V: MANAGEMENT OF THE

UNIT PROPERTY [SS. 35 - 66] (2)
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PART V: MANAGEMENT OF THE

UNIT PROPERTY [SS. 35 - 66] (3)
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PART V: MANAGEMENT OF THE

UNIT PROPERTY [SS. 35 - 66] (4)
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PART VI: DISPUTE RESOLUTION &

ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM [SS
67 - 71]
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PART VII: TERMINATION OF THE UNIT

STATUS [SS 72 - 79]
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PART VIII: GENERAL PROVISIONS

[Ss 80 - 83]
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SCHEDULE
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REGULATIONS

• Regulations
▫ Citation
▫ Interpretation Act No.16 of 2008
▫ Registration of a UNIT
▫ Application for registration of a unit plan
▫ Application for registration of a unit
▫ Issuance of a certificate of a unit
▫ Application for registration of subdivision and amalgamation
▫ Change of use of a unit
▫ A unit plan to conform to certain requirements
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REGULATIONS (2)

• Schedules
▫ First Schedule
▫ Second Schedule
▫ Third Schedule
▫ Fourth Schedule
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