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THE RURAL FARMLANDS
(ACQUISITION AND REGRANT) ACT
[PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION]
Arrangement of Sections
Section Title
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Minister may acquire certain rural farmlands for purpose of
making new grants.
4. Notice of intention to acquire land.
5. Withdrawal from acquisition.
6. Extinguishment of title to acquired land.
7. Minister may pay compensation.
8. Regrant of acquired land.
9. Service of notices.
10. Power of entry.
11. Possession of land acquired.
12. Authorised persons and penalty for obstruction.
13. Amendment of registers.
14. Exemption from stamp duty and fees.
15. Abatement of rent.
16. Forms.
17. Cultivators not to be evicted.
18. No sublease to be granted of rural farmlands without consent.

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without consent.

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THE RURAL FARMLANDS
(ACQUISITION AND REGRANT) ACT
An Act to make provisions for the acquisition of certain farmlands in the
occupation of persons other than their owners and for the regrant of
lands so acquired. [7th January, 1966]
[D.P.G.]
Acts Nos. 8 of 1966
30 of 1966
53 of 1966
26 of 1968
2 of 2002
1. This Act may be cited as the Rural Farmlands (Acquisition
and Regrant) Act.

[D.P.G.]
Acts Nos. 8 of 1966
30 of 1966
53 of 1966
26 of 1968
2 of 2002
1. This Act may be cited as the Rural Farmlands (Acquisition
and Regrant) Act.

2.–(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
“cultivator” in relation to any rural farmland, means a person,
other than the owner, who cultivates that rural farmland,
and includes a person, other than the owner, who uses
that rural farmland for any agricultural, horticultural
or forestry purpose or for the pasturing of livestock or
other domestic animals or for the purpose of mining;
and a “deceased cultivator” means a person, other than
the owner, who so cultivated or used the rural farmland
immediately before his death;
“Government lease” has the meaning ascribed to it in
the Government Leaseholds (Conversion to Rights of
Occupancy) Act;
“to mine” and “building minerals” shall have the same
meanings as are ascribed to those terms respectively in
the Mining Act;
Short title
Interpretation
Acts Nos. 30 of 1966 s. 2
53 of 1966 s. 2
Cap. 367
Cap. 123

as are ascribed to those terms respectively in
the Mining Act;
Short title
Interpretation
Acts Nos. 30 of 1966 s. 2
53 of 1966 s. 2
Cap. 367
Cap. 123

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“mining” means mining for salt or building minerals but
does not include mining of any other minerals;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for lands;
“owner”, in relation to land held for a Government lease,
means the tenant and, in relation to land held for a right
of occupancy, means the grantee of the right;
“registered land” and “unregistered land” have the meanings
respectively ascribed to those expressions in the Land
Registration Act;
“registered rights or interest” means any right or interest in
land registered under the Registration of Documents Act
or the Land Registration Act;
“Registrar”, in relation to registered land, means the Registrar
of Titles appointed under the Land Registration Act and,
in relation to unregistered land, means the Registrar
appointed under the Registration of Documents Act;
“right of occupancy” means a right of occupancy granted
under the Land Act;
“rural farmland” means land in a rural area which is held,
for or forms part of land held for-
(a) a Government lease;
(b) a right of occupancy granted, or deemed to have been
granted, for agricultural, pastoral or mixed agricultural
and pastoral purposes, before or in pursuance of a
contract made before the tenth day of December, 1948;
“title” in relation to any rural farmland means the
Government lease or the right of occupancy for which
such farmland and all other land held under the same
lease or right is held;
“unexhausted improvement” has the meaning ascribed to it
in the Land Act.

such farmland and all other land held under the same
lease or right is held;
“unexhausted improvement” has the meaning ascribed to it
in the Land Act.

(2) In the definition “rural farmland” in subsection (1),
“rural area” means any area which is not-
(a) within the jurisdiction of a city, municipal or town
council;
Cap. 334
Cap. 117
Cap. 334
Cap. 117
Cap. 113
Cap. 113

” means any area which is not-
(a) within the jurisdiction of a city, municipal or town
council;
Cap. 334
Cap. 117
Cap. 334
Cap. 117
Cap. 113
Cap. 113

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(b) an area which, immediately before the establishment
of a district council for any part of Tanzania, was
a township declared under the Local Government
(District Authorities) Act; or
(c) a planning area declared under the Urban Planning Act
which includes any area described in paragraph (a) or
(b) of this definition or any part of such an area. (3) For the purposes of the definition “cultivator” in
subsection (1), the use of any land as a residence by a
person who, in respect of any other land contiguous thereto
is a cultivator, shall be deemed to be a use of the land for
agricultural purposes.

e by a
person who, in respect of any other land contiguous thereto
is a cultivator, shall be deemed to be a use of the land for
agricultural purposes.

3.–(1) Where-
(a) a cultivator is in occupation of rural farmland; and
(b) the Minister is of the opinion that, by reason of the
development or improvement of, or expenditure of
money or effort upon, such rural farmland by-
(i) such cultivator;
(ii) a deceased cultivator formerly in occupation
of such rural farmland who is in the prescribed
relationship to the present cultivator; or
(iii) both such cultivator and such deceased cultivator,
it is fitting that a right to such rural farmland should
be granted to such first-mentioned cultivator,
the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act, acquire
the rural farmland so occupied and any necessary boundary
area for the purpose of making a grant to the cultivator under
section 8. (2) For the purposes of this Act-
(a) a cultivator is in occupation of rural farmland if he is
in actual personal occupation of such rural farmland,
or if he enjoys any right or licence to cultivate or use
such rural farmland either continuously or seasonally,
otherwise than-
(i) under a grant of a right or interest therein made
with the approval of the appropriate authority;
Cap. 287
Cap.

sly or seasonally,
otherwise than-
(i) under a grant of a right or interest therein made
with the approval of the appropriate authority;
Cap. 287
Cap.

355
Minister may
acquire certain
rural farmlands
for purpose of
making new
grants
Act No. 30 of 1966 s. 3

355
Minister may
acquire certain
rural farmlands
for purpose of
making new
grants
Act No. 30 of 1966 s. 3

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(ii) under a grant of a right or interest therein for a
term of not less than ten years, such term being a
term certain or the sum of an initial term certain
and any other term certain for which the initial
term may be renewed under an option exercisable
by the grantee, if such grant was, at the time it was
made, a grant for which no consent or approval of
any authority was required by written law;
(iii) as a servant of any person having any title, right or
interest in the land:
Provided that, nothing in this subparagraph shall apply to
any such servant who makes any payment in cash or in kind for
his occupation of the land to any person, whether his employer
or otherwise, entitled to possession thereof;
(iv) as a trustee, personal representative, receiver or
agent, or under any mortgage or charge; or
(v) as a trespasser:
Provided that, nothing in this subparagraph shall apply to
a person who entered upon the land under a licence to use the
land as a cultivator; and references to the former occupation
of a deceased cultivator shall have a corresponding meaning;
(b) a person who, had this Act come into operation on
the twenty-ninth day of November, 1965, would have
been a cultivator in occupation of rural farmland but
who has, between that date and the commencement of
this Act, been evicted from such rural farmland, shall,
during the period beginning on the date on which this
Act comes into operation and the first anniversary of
that date, be deemed to be a cultivator in occupation of
the relevant parcel of rural farmland;
(c) a deceased cultivator is in the prescribed relationship
to a present cultivator if-
(i) he was the father, grandfather, uncle or brother
of the present cultivator, the wife of any of the
foregoing, or the husband or wife of the present
cultivator; and

ther, grandfather, uncle or brother
of the present cultivator, the wife of any of the
foregoing, or the husband or wife of the present
cultivator; and

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(ii) if the rural farmland had been land held by the
deceased cultivator for a right under customary
law, it would have passed from the deceased to
the present cultivator on the death of the former
intestate;
(d) a necessary boundary area means so much of the
owner’s rural farmland contiguous to the land occupied
by the cultivator as, in the opinion of the Minister, it
is necessary to acquire in order that the boundaries
between the land to be acquired and the remainder
of the land held for the same title are rational and
convenient:
Provided that, the total area of any necessary boundary area
shall not exceed one tenth of the area of the land contiguous
thereto which is occupied by the cultivator and which the
Minister then proposes to acquire under this Act.

e tenth of the area of the land contiguous
thereto which is occupied by the cultivator and which the
Minister then proposes to acquire under this Act.

(3) In subsection (2) of this section, “authority” means
the Minister or the Commissioner for Lands, or any other
public authority or public officer of, or in the service of, the
Government or any former Government in whom a power
to consent or approve a disposition of land presently vested
in the Minister or Commissioner was vested at the relevant
time; and “the appropriate authority” means such authority
aforesaid whose approval or consent to the relevant grant is or
was required by law. 4.–(1) Where the Minister intends to acquire any rural
farmland under this Act, he shall serve notice of his intention-
(a) upon the owner thereof and upon every other person
having a registered right or interest in the land; and
(b) upon the cultivator in respect of whom he proposes to
acquire the land. (2) Every notice served in accordance with paragraph (a) of
subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall-
(a) call upon the owner and such other persons aforesaid,
unless previously notified of the Minister’s withdrawal
Notice of
intention to
acquire land

(a) call upon the owner and such other persons aforesaid,
unless previously notified of the Minister’s withdrawal
Notice of
intention to
acquire land

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from the acquisition, to assign, convey or surrender to
the President all title, right and interest in the land to
be acquired within such period, not being less than six
weeks from the service of notice upon the owner, as the
Minister may specify therein;
(b) be accompanied by a sketch map of the land to be
acquired which map shall show any line of demarcation
between the land to be acquired and any other land of
the owner contiguous therewith. (3) Every notice served in accordance with paragraph (b) of
subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall-
(a) contain a statement of the term of the grant which
the Minister proposes to make to the cultivator under
section 8, of the rent and premium, if any, payable
thereunder, and of any conditions thereof;
(b) be accompanied by a sketch map of the land which
the Minister proposes to grant to the cultivator under
section 8, due regard being had to the provisions of
subsection (2) of that section.

land which
the Minister proposes to grant to the cultivator under
section 8, due regard being had to the provisions of
subsection (2) of that section.

(4) The Minister shall give notice in the Gazette of his
intention to acquire any rural farmland under this Act; and
every such notice shall be published in the Gazette as soon
as is practicable after service upon the owner of notice under
subsection (1) and shall contain a statement of the name of the
owner, a description of the whole land held for the title and of
the title, and a description of the land to be acquired. 5.–(1) The Minister may withdraw from the acquisition of
any rural farmland at any time before the title of the owner
thereof is transferred to the President or, as the case may be,
extinguished. (2) Where the Minister withdraws from the acquisition of
land-
(a) any instrument for the assignment, conveyance or
surrender of any title, right or interest in the land
which was made in accordance with any notice relating
Withdrawal from
acquisition

conveyance or
surrender of any title, right or interest in the land
which was made in accordance with any notice relating
Withdrawal from
acquisition

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to such acquisition but which has not, at the date of
withdrawal, taken effect, shall be void; and
(b) the Minister shall, so far as he is able and free of charge,
cause to be granted, re-assigned or conveyed to the
persons formerly entitled thereto, other than any such
persons whose interest or title would have expired
by the passage of time, any right or interest assigned,
conveyed or surrendered to the President in accordance
with any notice relating to such acquisition.

passage of time, any right or interest assigned,
conveyed or surrendered to the President in accordance
with any notice relating to such acquisition.

6.–(1) Where the period specified in accordance with subsection
(2) of section 4 has expired and all title, right and interest in
the land to be acquired has not been assigned, conveyed or
surrendered to the President, the Minister may apply, ex-parte,
to the Registrar for the grant and registration of a certificate
of title to such land, and, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in the Land Registration Act, the Registrar
shall, if satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that-
(a) the application is made in such circumstances aforesaid
in respect of an acquisition in pursuance of the powers
conferred by section 3; and
(b) no proceedings in respect of the acquisition of the
land are pending in the High Court or the Court of
Appeal, and, unless it appears that the Minister has
withdrawn from the acquisition, grant to the President
a certificate of title to such land and register the same
in the appropriate register.

ster has
withdrawn from the acquisition, grant to the President
a certificate of title to such land and register the same
in the appropriate register.

(2) Where a certificate of title is registered in accordance
with subsection (1), such certificate shall confer on the
President the absolute right and title to the land comprised
therein free from all adverse or competing titles, rights,
interests, trusts, claims and demands whatsoever and such
adverse or competing titles, rights, interests, trusts, claims and
demands shall, to the extent that they touch or concern the
land, be extinguished. (3) A certificate of title shall be in the prescribed form. Extinguishment
of title to
acquired land
Cap. 334

ch or concern the
land, be extinguished. (3) A certificate of title shall be in the prescribed form. Extinguishment
of title to
acquired land
Cap. 334

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7.–(1) Where any land is acquired under this Act, any person,
other than the cultivator in respect of whom it is acquired,
who enjoyed any title, right or interest in the land prior to
its acquisition may, within six weeks of the publication of the
notice in the Gazette provided for by subsection (4) of section
4, or such longer period as the Minister may allow, apply in
writing to the Minister for the payment of compensation for
the assignment, conveyance or surrender or, as the case may
be, the extinguishment of such title, right or interest.

r the payment of compensation for
the assignment, conveyance or surrender or, as the case may
be, the extinguishment of such title, right or interest.

(2) The Minister may, in his discretion, such discretion
being exercisable in respect of whether or not compensation
shall be paid, the persons to whom compensation shall be paid,
the amount of any compensation and the manner of payment,
pay compensation to any person who enjoyed any title, right
or interest in the land prior to its acquisition and who has
made a claim therefor in accordance with subsection (1); but
the total sum which may be paid in respect of the acquisition
of any one parcel of land shall not exceed the value of the
unexhausted improvement of the land effected otherwise than
by the cultivator in respect of whom the land is acquired or by
any deceased cultivator who is in the prescribed relationship
to the first-mentioned cultivator. (3) Save to the extent, if any, that the Minister makes a
payment of compensation in accordance with this section,
no compensation shall be payable for the acquisition of any
rural farmland or the assignment, trust, claim or demand in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Act.

e payable for the acquisition of any
rural farmland or the assignment, trust, claim or demand in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Act.

(4) Save in so far as any compensation shall be recoverable
from any premium paid on a regrant of the land acquired, any
compensation paid shall be paid out of moneys provided by
Parliament. 8.–(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, where any land
is acquired under this Act, the Minister shall grant a right of
occupancy over the land to the cultivator in respect of whom
it was acquired. Minister may pay
compensation
Regrant of
acquired land
Act No. 30 of 1966 s. 4

ncy over the land to the cultivator in respect of whom
it was acquired. Minister may pay
compensation
Regrant of
acquired land
Act No. 30 of 1966 s. 4

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(2) Where contiguous parcels of land are acquired under
this Act in respect of two or more cultivators, the Minister
may divide the whole as he thinks fit into the like number of
portions and, subject to the provisions of this section, shall
grant a right of occupancy over one of such portions to each of
such cultivators. (3) Subject to the provisions of the Land Act, the terms
and conditions of the rights of occupancy granted under this
section shall be at the discretion of the Minister, and in making
a grant under this section the Minister shall not be bound
by anything contained in the notice served on the cultivator
in accordance with subsection (1) of section 4, unless the
cultivator has notified the Minister in writing of his acceptance
of the terms and conditions set out in such notice.

ion (1) of section 4, unless the
cultivator has notified the Minister in writing of his acceptance
of the terms and conditions set out in such notice.

(4) Where the cultivator in respect of whom the land was
acquired refuses or neglects to accept a grant of the same within
a period of three months after an offer thereof to him, or the
acquisition of the land, whichever is the later, the Minister may
make a grant of the land as he thinks fit; and the validity of the
acquisition of any rural farmland shall not be impugned solely
by reason of the Minister having made a grant of land in the
circumstances set out in this subsection to a person other than
the cultivator in respect of whom the land was acquired. (5) Where the Minister makes a grant of land under this
section, he shall have power to grant, or reserve, any easement
of necessity over or in respect of the land or any other land of
the former owner. (6) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that, where
the Minister makes a grant under this section of any land used
by the cultivator in respect of whom it was acquired for the
purpose of mining, such grant shall not be deemed to exempt
the person to whom it is made from compliance with the
provisions of the Mining Act or any other law controlling or
regulating mining. Cap. 113
Cap. 123

e person to whom it is made from compliance with the
provisions of the Mining Act or any other law controlling or
regulating mining. Cap. 113
Cap. 123

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9. A notice under the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be
deemed to have been served on a person if it is-
(a) served on him personally;
(b) left for him at his last known address and a copy is affixed
on some conspicuous part of the land concerned; or
(c) sent by prepaid registered post addressed to him at
his last known address and a copy is affixed on some
conspicuous part of the land concerned:
Provided that, in any case in which a copy of a notice is
required to be affixed to a conspicuous part of any land, if the
notice is directed-
(i) to a person other than the cultivator, it shall, so
far as is possible, be affixed to a part of the land
outside the area occupied by the cultivator;
(ii) to a cultivator, it shall be affixed within the area
occupied by him.

affixed to a part of the land
outside the area occupied by the cultivator;
(ii) to a cultivator, it shall be affixed within the area
occupied by him.

10.–(1) Where any person authorised for the purpose has
reason to believe that any person other than the owner is
carrying on any farming operation on any rural farmland and
is of the opinion that an investigation ought to be made of the
nature of his occupation and the extent of his development
or improvement of, or of his expenditure of money or effort
upon, such farmland, such person may enter upon the rural
farmland and make such investigation, and may survey
the rural farmland and determine any boundary or line of
demarcation between the land in any cultivator’s occupation,
including any necessary boundary area, and any other land of
the owner contiguous therewith. (2) A person who enters upon any rural farmland in
pursuance of the powers conferred by this section shall on
demand, produce his written authorisation to the owner or
other person having a present right to possession. Service of
notices
Power of entry

hall on
demand, produce his written authorisation to the owner or
other person having a present right to possession. Service of
notices
Power of entry

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11. Where any rural farmland is acquired under the provisions
of this Act, any person authorised for that purpose may enter
upon and take possession of such land for the purpose of
giving effect to such acquisition or to any grant of such land
in accordance with this Act, and if any other person hinders
or obstructs any person so authorised, the Minister may apply
ex parte at any time to the District Land and Housing Tribunal
within whose jurisdiction such land is situated for an order
of ejectment and such Tribunal may thereupon, and upon
proof of the acquisition of the land, issue an order of ejectment
addressed to any officer of the Tribunal or to any police officer
and such officer or police officer shall forthwith eject any
person withholding possession. 12.–(1) A person is authorised for the purposes of section 10 or
section 11 if he is authorised in that behalf in writing under the
hand of the Commissioner for Lands.

is authorised for the purposes of section 10 or
section 11 if he is authorised in that behalf in writing under the
hand of the Commissioner for Lands.

(2) Every person who-
(a) wilfully hinders or obstructs any person duly authorised
for the purpose of section 10 or section 11 from
entering upon any land for the purposes for which he
is so authorised;
(b) hinders, obstructs or molests any such person in the
exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the
relevant section; or
(c) hinders, obstructs or molests any person serving a
notice or affixing a copy thereof to any part of rural
farmland for the purposes of this Act,
commits an offence and on conviction shall be liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a
fine not exceeding one thousand shillings or to both. 13-(1) Where any parcel of land has been acquired or any
easement of necessity has been granted or reserved, under this
Act, the Registrar shall make such entries in or amendments
to the appropriate registers as the circumstances may require
and may, in the case of registered land and if the appropriate
Possession of land
acquired
Acts Nos. 26 of 1968 s. 2
2 of 2002 Sch. Authorised
persons and
penalty for
obstruction
Amendment of
registers

appropriate
Possession of land
acquired
Acts Nos. 26 of 1968 s. 2
2 of 2002 Sch. Authorised
persons and
penalty for
obstruction
Amendment of
registers

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certificate of title or interest is delivered to him, issue a new
certificate of title or interest, due provision being made for any
subsidiary estates or interests which have not been assigned,
conveyed, surrendered or extinguished, over the remainder of
the land held for the same title. (2) The Registrar may require the owner of any registered
land or any other person having a registered interest therein
to deliver to him any certificate of title or interest relating
to any parcel of land acquired under this Act in order that
the Registrar may exercise any power conferred on him by
subsection (1), or may require such person to give security
for his failure to make such delivery.

egistrar may exercise any power conferred on him by
subsection (1), or may require such person to give security
for his failure to make such delivery.

(3) Any person who, without lawful excuse, fails to produce
any such certificate in his possession or under his control, or
who, without reasonable cause, refuses or neglects to give such
security, within the time specified by the Registrar, commits an
offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
one thousand shillings. 14. Every-
(a) assignment, conveyance and surrender made in
accordance with a notice relating to the acquisition of
land under this Act;
(b) rectification or amendment of a register or of a
certificate of title or interest, and every instrument of
security, under section 13;
(c) instrument, including a grant, made for the purposes
of subsection (2) of section 5, shall be exempt from-
(i) any fee payable under the Land Act;
(ii) any fee payable under the Registration of
Documents Act or the Land Registration Act;
(iii) stamp duty. 15. Where any land is acquired under this Act, any rent payable
in respect of the title upon which such land was held prior to
such acquisition or of any other right or interest in the land
shall be reduced by the like proportion as the land acquired
Exemption from
stamp duty and
fees
Cap. 113
Cap. 117
Cap.

r right or interest in the land
shall be reduced by the like proportion as the land acquired
Exemption from
stamp duty and
fees
Cap. 113
Cap. 117
Cap.

334
Abatement
of rent

334
Abatement
of rent

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bears to the whole of the land formerly comprised in the title,
right or interest. 16. The Minister may make rules prescribing the forms to be
used for the purposes of this Act. 17.–(1) During the period beginning on the day this Act comes
into operation and ending on the first anniversary of that day,
no proceedings may be brought by or on behalf of the owner
or any person claiming under him for the determination of
any interest in rural farmland of any cultivator in occupation
thereof, for the eviction of any such cultivator from such rural
farmland or for the execution of any decree for the eviction of
any such cultivator from any such farmland unless-
(a) the Commissioner for Lands has consented thereto; or
(b) entry has been made on the rural farmland concerned
in pursuance of the powers contained in section 10
and the Minister has since discontinued acquisition.

has been made on the rural farmland concerned
in pursuance of the powers contained in section 10
and the Minister has since discontinued acquisition.

(2) Where-
(a) any person acting in pursuance of the powers conferred
by section 10 has entered upon any rural farmland for
the purposes of making any investigation in accordance
with that section; or
(b) the Minister has served notice on the owner of any
rural farmland of his intention to acquire the same
under this Act, then, so long as the Minister proceeds
with the acquisition,
no proceedings may be brought by or on behalf of the owner or
any person claiming under him for the determination of any
interest in the rural farmland of any cultivator in occupation
thereof, for the eviction of any such cultivator from such rural
farmland, or for the execution of any decree for the eviction
of any such cultivator. (3) For the purposes of this section, the Minister shall be
deemed to have discontinued acquisition-
(a) if six weeks have expired since the entry of an authorised
person upon the rural farmland in pursuance of the
Forms
Cultivators not to
be evicted

(a) if six weeks have expired since the entry of an authorised
person upon the rural farmland in pursuance of the
Forms
Cultivators not to
be evicted

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THE RURAL FARMLANDS (ACQUISITION AND REGRANT) ACT [CAP. 22 R.E. 2023]
powers contained in section 10 and no notice of the
Minister’s intention to acquire the same has been
served on the owner of such farmland;
(b) on the Minister’s withdrawal from the acquisition;
(c) on the grant of the land in accordance with section 8 to
any person other than the cultivator.
18. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Government
Leaseholds (Conversion to Rights of Occupancy) Act, no
person shall, without the consent of the Commissioner for
Lands, grant any sublease of any rural farmland or create any
possessory or reversionary interest out of any such sublease,
and any purported disposition made in contravention of the
provisions of this section on or after the twenty-ninth day of
November, 1965 shall be void.
No sublease to
be granted of
rural farmlands
without consent
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