Land Control Act (Cap. 302). Country/Territory Kenya Document type Legislation Date 1967 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act of Parliament to provide for controlling transactions in agricultural land. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Agricultural land Institution Court/tribunal Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Transfer Cooperative/producer organization Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa Abstract The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, apply this Act to any area, if he considers it expedient to do so. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, divide a land control area into two or more divisions, if he considers it expedient to do so. The Minister shall, by notice in the Gazette, establish a land control board for every land control area or, where it is divided into divisions, for each division. Each of the following transactions: (a) the sale, transfer, lease, mortgage, exchange, partition or other disposal of or dealing with any agricultural land which is situated within a land control area; (b) the division of any such agricultural land into two or more parcels to be held under separate titles, other than the division of an area of less than twenty acres into plots in an area to which the Development and Use of land (Planning) Regulations, 1961 for the time being apply; (c) the issue, sale, transfer, mortgage or any other disposal of or dealing with any share in a private company or cooperative society which for the time being owns agricultural land situated within a land control area, is void for all purposes unless the land control board for the land control area or division in which the land is situated has given its consent in respect of that transaction in accordance with this Act. The Minister shall establish for each province which contains a land control area, in consultation with the Provincial Commissioner of that province, a provincial land control appeals board and a Central Land Control Appeals Board is established. Full text English Website www.kenyalaw.org References - Legislation Implemented by Land Control (Minimum Acreage) Regulations, 2005 (L.N. No. 64 of 2005). Legislation | Kenya | 2005 Keyword: Land tenure, Agricultural land, Subdivision of land, Authorization/permit, Smallholders/peasants Source: FAO, FAOLEX Land Control Regulations (Cap. 302). Legislation | Kenya | 1968 (2012) Keyword: Land tenure, Agricultural land, Authorization/permit, Transfer Source: FAO, FAOLEX Notice on Exemptions under section 24 of the Land Control Act (Cap. 302). Legislation | Kenya | 1967 (2012) Keyword: Land tenure, Agricultural land, Authorization/permit, Transfer Source: FAO, FAOLEX