Land Control Act (Chapter 32:11). Country/Territory Botswana Document type Legislation Date 1975 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the control of transactions in agricultural land. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Transfer Foreign land tenure Ownership Authorization/permit Geographical area Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Southern Africa Abstract This Act stipulates that no dealings in agricultural land, i.e. sale, transfer, lease of more than five years, exchange partition, division, etc. shall be contracted with a person not being a citizen of Botswana unless the Minister has given his/her consent to that transaction (sect. 3). This rule does not apply to companies registered under the Companies Act. Proposed transactions of this kind shall be advertised in accordance with section 5. Section 7 sets out criteria for decision making of the Minister with respect to the granting of consent. No transaction shall be registered unless it complies with provisions of this Act (sect. 8). Transactions made contrary to this Act shall be void. (10 sections) Full text English Website www.laws.gov.bw References - Legislation Amended by Land Control (Amendment) Act (No. 17 of 1986). Legislation | Botswana | 1986 Keyword: Transfer, Cadastre/land registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX