CUSTOMARY LAND: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

CUSTOMARY LAND: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

CUSTOMARY LAND (ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

    REGULATION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Application

PART II
CUSTOMARY LAND COMMITTEES

    4.    Functions of a customary land committee

    5.    Eligibility for election as a member of a customary land committee

    6.    Vacancies of a customary land committee

    7.    Qualifications of voter

    8.    Voting procedure

    9.    Meetings of a customary land committee

    10.    Notice of meeting

    11.    Quorum

    12.    Decision making

    13.    Co-option of members

PART III
ADJUDICATION AND DEMARCATION OF CUSTOMARY LAND

    14.    Description of boundaries

    15.    Ortho-photo maps

    16.    Boundary verification

    17.    Base maps and land use plans

    18.    Functions of land clerks during adjudication and demarcation

    19.    Notice of adjudication and demarcation

    20.    Claims of interest in land

    21.    Inspection of preliminary adjudication record

    22.    Objections and corrections

    23.    Final adjudication record

    24.    Customary land register

PART IV
GRANT OF CUSTOMARY ESTATE

    25.    Application to register a customary estate

    26.    Grant of customary estate

    27.    Registration of communal land

    28.    Lease of customary estate

    29.    Conversion of a lease of public land to a customary estate

    30.    Consolidation of customary estates

    31.    Consolidated customary estate certificate

    32.    Functions and powers of the entity

    33.    Register of registered customary land etc.

PART V
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

    34.    Complaints to be made to a customary land committee

    35.    Notice of mediation

    36.    Review of a decision of a customary land committee

    37.    Particulars of a dispute

    38.    Service of application

    39.    Response to a claim

    40.    Procedure of tribunals

    41.    Agreement by parties

    42.    Witness at dispute hearings

    43.    Non-Attendance of witnesses etc.

    44.    Dismissal for non-attendance

    45.    Restoration of dispute

    46.    Determination of disputes

    47.    Costs

    48.    Register of disputes and determinations

    49.    Appeals to the district land tribunal

    50.    Notice of hearing of appeal

    51.    Dismissal for non-attendance

    52.    Restoration of appeals

    53.    Attendance of a respondents

    54.    Procedure for hearing an appeals

    55.    Witnesses at appeal hearings

    56.    Determination of appeals

SAME SECTION 47 AND 57
    57.    Costs

    58.    Appeal to the Central Land Board

    59.    Procedure of the Central Land Board

    60.    Final determination on facts

    61.    Appeals to the High Court

PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS

    62.    Compensation

    63.    Penalty for breach of conditions of a customary estate

    64.    Revocation of G.N. 18/2018

        FIRST SCHEDULE

        SECOND SCHEDULE

G.N. 65/2024

CUSTOMARY LAND (ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS

under s. 53

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Citation

    These Regulations may be cited as the Customary Land (Administration and Management) Regulations.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “Group Village Headman” has the same meaning as ascribed to it under the Chiefs Act;

    “ortho-photo” means an aerial photograph or satellite imagery which has been geometrically rectified such that the scale is uniform;

    “ortho-photo map” means a photographic image consisting of many geometrically rectified small pieces of aerial photographs which better represent the reality on the ground; and

    “tribunal” means the customary land tribunal established under section 44 of the Act.

3.    Application

    These Regulations shall apply to the administration and management of customary land under the Act.

PART II
CUSTOMARY LAND COMMITTEES

4.    Functions of a customary land committee

    (1) A customary land committee, shall—

    (a)    adjudicate customary land rights for purposes of registration of land;

    (b)    process applications for, and make grants of customary estates, subject to the consent of the Traditional Authority;

    (c)    prescribe amounts of unallocated land that can be allocated to an individual, a family, group of persons, or an organization;

    (d)    levy fees and charges on customary estates granted to organizations or bodies;

    (e)    inspect and verify whether the conditions, subject to which a customary estate is granted, are being complied with;

    (f)    approve all transactions on customary estates;

    (g)    publicize rights of occupation and use of customary land by land users under the jurisdiction of the Group Village Headman of the area;

    (h)    ensure that all other categories of land and their respective boundaries within the jurisdiction of the Group Village Headman of the area are clear and known; and

    (i)    carry out public outreach campaigns on any matter concerning the Act.

    (2) The customary land committee shall, in the performance of its functions, liase with and consult institutions and bodies within the jurisdiction of the Group Village Headman of the area whose activities and mandates affect land use, water, forestry, mining, agriculture, and…