Section 100Part 5 — Dispositions
Characteristics of joint proprietorship and severance thereof
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100. (1) Where the land, lease or charge is owned jointly, no proprietor is entitled to any separate share in the land, and consequently —
dispositions may be made only by all the joint proprietors; and Section 101 Registered Land Law Page 50 Revised as at 28th day of February, 2018 c
on the death of a joint proprietor, his interest shall vest in the surviving proprietor or the surviving proprietors jointly.
For avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that —
the sole proprietor of any land, lease or charge may transfer the same to himself and another person jointly; and
a joint proprietor of any land, lease or charge may transfer his interest therein to all the other proprietors.
Joint proprietors, not being trustees, may execute an instrument in the prescribed form signifying that they agree to sever the joint proprietorship, and the severance shall be completed by registration of the joint proprietors as proprietors in common in equal shares and by filing the instrument.