(1)A communal land association may be formed by any group of persons in accordance with this Act for any purpose connected with communal ownership and management of land, whether under customary law or otherwise.

(2)Within each district, the Registrar of Titles shall perform such functions relating to communal land associations as are conferred on that officer by this Act or as may be prescribed.

(3)The Registrar of Titles shall keep a public register of associations in the prescribed form and shall exercise a broad and general supervision over the administration of the associations within his or her district in order to ensure that they comply with their constitutions and manage the communal land under their control with due regard to the interests of the members of the association; and without limiting the generality of that function, the Registrar of Titles may, at any time that he or she considers it necessary for the proper performance of his or her functions or that it is in the public interest so to do, give directions to any officer of an association as to the proper performance of his or her duties, and that officer shall be under a duty to comply with any such order.