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Land (Amendment) Act
2010
(3e) The rent payable under this section shall be paid within
one year after the Minister has approved the rent payable under
subsection (3) or determined the rent payable under subsection
(3d).";
(b) in subsection (6), by substituting for the words "two years"
the words "one year".
2. Insertion of new section 32A.
The principal Act is amended by insetting immediately after section
32, the following"32A. Lawful or bona tide occupants to be evicted only for
non payment of ground rent.
( 1) A lawful or bona fide occupant shall not be evicted
from registered land except upon an order of eviction issued by
a court and only for non payment of the annual nominal ground
rent.
(2) A court shall, before making an order of eviction under
this section, take into consideration the matters specified in
section 32(1).
(3) When making an order for eviction, the comt shall state
in the order, the date, being not less than six months after the
date of the order, by which the person to be evicted shall vacate
the land and may grant any other order as to expenses, damages,
compensation or any other matter as the court thinks fit.
(4) For purposes of this section, the word "court" shall
mean a court presided over by a Magistrate Grade 1 or a Chief
Magistrate as the case may be, and reference to the Land
Tribunal in this Act and amendments thereto shall be interpreted
accordingly.
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