Combinations and subdivisions

(1) Where contiguous parcels are owned by the same proprietor and are subject in all respects to the same rights and obligations, the Registrar, on application by the proprietor, may combine those parcels by closing the registers relating to them and opening a new register or registers in respect of the parcel or parcels resulting from the combination. (2) Upon the application of the proprietor of a parcel for the division of his parcel into two or more parcels, the Registrar shall effect the division by closing the register relating to the parcel and opening new registers in respect of the new parcels resulting from the division, and recording in the new registers all subsisting entries appearing in the closed register, Provided that– (a) nothing shall be done under this section which would be inconsistent with this Act or any (b) no parcel which is subject to a lease shall be subdivided so as to subdivide the land comprised in such lease; and (c) where a proprietor is subdividing his parcel for the purpose of building development, the Registrar may require him to submit a plan of the proposed subdivisions prepared by a surveyor licensed under the Land Surveyors Act and certified by the appropriate authority as conforming with the requirements of any planning law for the time being in force. 27