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CHAPTER II OF TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY BY ACT OF PARTIES · (A) Transfer of Property, whether moveable or immoveable

Section 11: Restriction repugnant to interest created

The Transfer of Property Act, 1882

Where, on a transfer of property, an interest therein is created absolutely in favour of any person, but the terms of the transfer direct that such interest shall be applied or enjoyed by him in a particular manner, he shall be entitled to receive and dispose of such interest as if there were no such direction.

1[Where any such direction has been made in respect of one piece of immoveable property for the purpose of securing the beneficial enjoyment of another piece of such property, nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect any right which the transferor may have to enforce such direction or any remedy which he may have in respect of a breach thereof.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 20 of 1929, s. 8, for the second paragraph.

Questions on this section

2 questions in 11 of our papers cite Section 11. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Under the second paragraph of Section 11 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, where a direction about the manner of enjoyment of an absolutely transferred interest has been made in respect of one piece of immoveable property for the purpose of securing the beneficial enjoyment of another piece of such property:

  2. 2. Under Section 11 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, where an interest is created absolutely in favour of a person but the terms of the transfer direct that it shall be enjoyed by him in a particular manner, and the direction is not for the beneficial enjoyment of another property of the transferor:

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