Land Transfer Act of 1994 (No. 8 of 1994).
An Act to provide for the regulation of the permanent transfer of land and the leasing of land.
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This Act provides for the establishment the Land Transfer Board control by the Land Transfer Board of land transfer transactions in Zanzibar. No permanent transfer of land or long term lease shall take place until the transaction is reviewed and approved by the Land Transfer Board. The Board may withhold its consent on specified grounds. An appeal from any decision of the Land Transfer Board may be taken to the Lands Tribunal. The Act defines offences. The registration of any instrument or other document which contravenes these provisions relating to the permanent transfer of land or lease shall be void until the proper review process is completed.
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