Establishment, jurisdiction and constitution of Land Tribunals

(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established such number of Land Tribunals as the Minister may think fit. (2) A Land Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson and two other members and shall have jurisdiction over such area as the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette appoint. (3) Where any land, the subject of an application to a Tribunal, is situate within the area of more than one Tribunal, the Tribunal to which application is first made shall be the Tribunal to determine the issue raised by the application. (4) The Chairperson of each Tribunal shall be a magistrate and the two other members shall be appointed by the Minister from a panel of persons from time to time approved by the (5) The Chairperson of each Tribunal shall have all the powers conferred on a magistrate with respect to the summoning of witnesses, the issue of warrants to compel the attendance of any person or the production of any document relevant to the proceedings before the Tribunal and the maintenance of order at sittings of the Tribunal. (6) The expenses of a Tribunal shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by the National Assembly.