Grants to be by Minister’s fiat

All grants or leases of national lands exceeding a term of seven years shall be effected by the issue of a fiat by the Minister to the Registrar in one of the forms in Schedule IV, and the Registrar shall thereupon enter such grant or lease respectively in the book named in such fiat, and every grant or lease shall be deemed to be dated on the day on which the Minister’s fiat is dated.