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Land Control Act (Cap. 302).

Country/Territory
Kenya
Document type
Legislation
Date
1967 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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