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Land (Group Representatives) Act (Cap. 287).

Country/Territory
Kenya
Document type
Legislation
Date
1968
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act of Parliament to provide for the incorporation of representatives of groups who have been recorded as owners of land under the Land Adjudication Act, and for purposes connected therewith and purposes incidental thereto.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Public land Ownership Land tenure Non-governmental entity Registration
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa
Abstract

This Act makes provision for the incorporation of group representatives of groups formed under the Land Adjudication Act and contains rules relative to the administration of such group representatives and its property and the nomination and powers of the Registrar of Group Representatives. The Minister shall appoint a Registrar of Group Representatives to perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed and conferred on by this Act. Upon being notified under section 23 (5) (c) of the Land Adjudication Act that a group has been advised to apply for group representatives to be incorporated under this Act, the Registrar shall convene a meeting of the members of the group. If at such meeting the members of a group resolve that group representatives shall be incorporated, the group shall make application to the registrar in the prescribed manner for their incorporation under this Act. A group may adopt rules regulating matters not regulated by the constitution and matters relating to the procedure of the group and its officers and the administration of its property and affairs.

Full text
English
Website
www.kenyalaw.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Land (Group Representatives) (Prescribed Provisions) Order.

Legislation | Kenya | 1969 (2010)

Keyword: Ownership, Non-governmental entity, Contract/agreement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Land (Group Representatives) (Prescribed Information) Regulations, 1970.

Legislation | Kenya | 1970

Keyword: Ownership, Non-governmental entity, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Community Land Act, 2016 (No. 27 of 2016).

Legislation | Kenya | 2016

Keyword: Agricultural development, Access and benefit-sharing, EIA, Sustainable development, Basic legislation, Land reform, Land tenure, Common property, Traditional rights/customary rights, Community management, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Agricultural land, Cadastre/land registration, Classification/declassification, Contract/agreement, Cultural heritage, Dispute settlement, Equity, Gender, Institution, Land-use planning, Local government, Non-governmental entity, Pastoralism, Smallholders/peasants, Policy/planning, Private land, Property rights, Public land, Public participation, Range, Right of use, Use restrictions, Vested rights/existing rights, Transfer, Grazing, Sustainable use, Governance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX