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Land Control Act (Chapter 32:11).

Country/Territory
Botswana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1975 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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