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Agricultural Small Tenancies Act, 1957 (Cap. 29).

Country/Territory
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Document type
Legislation
Date
1957 (1990)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, revised edition of 1990 pp. 1-17.
Long title
An Act relating to agricultural small tenancies and for purposes connected therewith.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Land tenure Lease Contract/agreement Smallholders/peasants
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act makes provision with respect to contracts relative to agricultural small tenancies. Section 8 concerns the termination of a contract of tenancy in the case of serious offence by the tenant against his or her duty to keep the land in good order. A tenant may assign, with the consent of the landlord, assign his interest in a registered land at any time to a person or persons (sect. 10). Sub-letting is prohibited. Rights of the landlord are set out in section 16. Part II deals with compensations for improvement. Various other provisions concern the relationship between the landlord and tenant and settlement of disputes.

Full text
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