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Rules relative to occupation of land in the Reserve. Any Indian who wishes to occupy land in the Reserve may do so and may build his house thereon, by the written permission of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, and on payment of an occupancy fee. Any Indian who may be incapacitated for cultivation may, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, be permitted to occupy land in the Reserve, for purposes of habitation only and any Indian certified by the Forest Officer Toledo District as being employed to his satisfaction and under the control of the Forest Trust in shifting cultivation combined with the planting or sowing of forest crops on any national land of forest reserve shall be permitted to occupy land in the Reserve for purposes of habitation. The Commissioner of Lands and Surveys shall have power to refuse to permit any Indian to occupy land in the Reserve, and may withdraw any permission which may be given. Any person persisting in occupying land, may be prosecuted for unlawful occupation in accordance with section 31 of the National Lands Act. The Government reserves the right to sell, lease, grant licences over, or in any other way deal with any national land within the Reserve which is not occupied at the time when such right is exercised.
Implements: National Lands Act 1992. (1992-04-23)
