The 27 sections of this Act are divided into 7 Parts: Preliminary (I); Soil Conservation Board (II); Conservation Orders (III); Powers of the Chief Agricultural Officer (IV); Contributions and compensation (V); Offences (VI); Miscellaneous (VII).The Scotland District Soil Conservation Board is…

This Act concerns the imposition of a development charge on the occasion of every transfer of a fee simple of any land in a special development area at any time during a valuation period. A special development area shall be declared by the Minister. The Act provides rules for the assessment of…

This Act prescribes that it shall be a term or condition of every tenancy of an agricultural holding of a plantation specified in the First Schedule to this Act that a qualified tenant may purchase the freehold of that agricultural holding at a price to be agreed upon between the landlord and…

This Act provides for the control of tenantries, i.e. an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. Division or sale of a tenantry requires the permission of the Chief Town Planner. The Act also places restrictions on an…

This Act establishes the Urban Development Commission as a body corporate, defines its functions and powers and provides with respect to its organization. The Act also establishes the Urban Enterprise Fund and provides for the appointment of the Director of Urban Development. This Act applies…

This Act concerns the development of tenantries, i.e. an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. “Tenantry” does not include land adjoining the foreshore. The Minister may design tenantries for purposes of this Act,…

This Act places restrictions on trespass by persons on property. Entry on premises, including vessels and other structures, may be prohibited by notice and entry is prohibited without any notice on premises: (a) consisting of a garden, lawn, field, plantation under cultivation or orchard; or (b…

This Act regulates the purchase of freeholds in tenantries. A tenantry means a tenantry specified in the First Schedule (a plantation tenantry) and an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. “Tenantry” does not include…

This Act concerns the validity of claims of prescription which may be lawfully made at common law or by custom to any way or other easement or to any watercourse or to the use of any water, to be enjoyed or derived upon, over or from any land or water. The Act, among other things, sets out…

This Act makes provision in relation to the sale of land ordered to be sold by the High Court and related matters such as valuation of land by appointed appraisers. Procedures of sale shall be handled by the Registrar of Titles. When any land ordered to be sold by the High Court remains unsold…

This Act empowers the Registrar of Titles to issue new title deeds to property where such title deeds are deemed to be destroyed by disaster. The Act sets out the procedures for the restoration of title deeds.
Amended by: Land (Title Proceedings) Act (No. 7 of 2011). (2011-03-10)

This Act makes provision for the compulsory acquisition of land for public purposes. The Act sets out the conditions and procedures for land to be acquired by the State for purposes for which the Crown is authorized to acquire land by law or any other purpose that the Minister deems to be a…