Act 16 Certificate of customary ownership. Land Act 1998 5. ( 1) Any person, family or community holding land under customary tenure on farmer public land may acquire a certificate of customary ownership in respect of that land in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) A certificate for customary ownership shall be in the prescribed form and shall be issued by the Board. (3) An application for a certificate of customary ownership shall be in the prescribed form and shall be submitted, together with the prescribed fee, to the Committee of the parish in which the land the subject of the application is situated. Functions of Committee on application for certificate of customary ownership. 6. ( 1) On receipt of an application for a certificate of customary ownership, the Committee shall(a) determine, verify and mark the boundaries of all interests in the land which is the subject of the application; (b) demarcate rights of way and other easements over the land the subject of the application and any adjacent land which benefit or burden or are reputed to benefit or burden. any such land or which it considers will be necessary for the more beneficial occupation of any such land in respect of which an application may be granted or any adjacent land; (c) adjudicate upon and decide in accordance with and applying customary law, any question or matter concerning the land referred to it by any person with an interest in land which is the subject of an application or any land adjacent to it including the question of whether the customary law applicable to the land the subject of the application recognises individual rights to the occupation and use of land and if so, subject to what conditions and limitations~ 12