A PROPOSAL that would have seen citizens exempt from paying a one-time registration fee on their property was rejected by the Shura Council yesterday amid a heated discussion about justice and fairness.
Under the proposed amendments to the 2013 Real Estate Registration Law, approved by parliament, citizens registering their property for the first time at the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) would be exempt from paying two per cent of the property’s worth as a registration fee .