National Lands

Cap. 191 · Revised Edition 2020 · 56 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Minister may delegate specified functions
s. 4Classification of national lands
s. 5Disposal of national lands - Advisory Committee
s. 6Exceptions
s. 7Leases
s. 8Leases not transferable without permission
s. 9Application for leases
s. 10Recovery of rent due to Government from lessee or tenant of national lands
s. 11Commissioner to report breach of conditions of lease
s. 12Implied terms and conditions in a lease
s. 13Sale of national lands
s. 14Power of Minister to issue fiat for grant or lease to person having best claim
s. 15Effect of grant or lease
s. 16Records
s. 17Grants to be by Minister’s fiat
s. 18Fees
s. 19“Fiat” and “Plan” book
s. 20Index to be kept up
s. 21Rectification of errors
s. 22Mode of cancellation
s. 23Regulations for reserves
s. 24Frontage lines
s. 25Frontage lines not being straight
s. 26Rural sections to be rectangular
s. 27Power of Minister to make grant, etc., in case of invalid title
s. 28High water mark to be considered sea boundary
s. 29Reservation
s. 30Vindication of Government titles
s. 31Penalty for unlawful occupation
s. 32Persisting in unlawful occupation
s. 33Fixture of land marks and penalty for removing or defacing
s. 34Penalty for occupying, etc., on pretext of application
s. 35Procedure for offences
s. 36Appeals
s. 37Rules
s. 38Resolution of conflicts with the Registered Land Act
s. 39Construction of references
s. 40Trespass to national lands
s. 41Enforcement notices
s. 42Variation or withdrawal of enforcement notices
s. 43Appeal against enforcement notice
s. 44Regulations
s. 45Offence where enforcement notice not complied with
s. 46Cessation order
s. 47Interpretation of words and phrases used in sections 48 to 56
s. 48Company under alien control
s. 49Prohibition against alien holding national land
s. 50Title to land in alien void
s. 51Alien licensed to hold land
s. 52Appeal from Minister’s notice
s. 53Prohibition to transfer shares in licensed alien company
s. 54Prohibition against holding land or shares for alien
s. 55Declaration of area to regulate alien landholding
s. 56Power to enforce forfeiture