The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

wishes to obtain a portion of village land for the better carrying on of its operations may applyto the village council for that land, and the village council shall recommend to theCommissioner for the grant or refusal of such grant.(6) Any association of persons formed in accordance with customary law for the purpose ofoccupying, using and managing land or any association which has come together and isrecognised with the community of which it is a part as an association of persons formed tooccupy, use and manage land in an urban or peri-urban area, shall, if the persons forming theassociation registers it in accordance with the provisions of the Trustees Incorporation Act*(36), be recognised as such by this Act and according the provisions of that Act shall apply inrelation to such associations.18. Incidents of customary right of occupancy(1) A customary right of occupancy is in every respect of equal status and effect to agranted right of occupancy and shall, subject to the provision of this Act, be–(a)(b)(c)(d)capable of being allocated by a village council to a citizen, a family of citizens a groupof two or more citizens whether associated together under any law or not, apartnership or a corporate body the majority of whose members or shareholders arecitizens;in village land, general land or reserved land;capable of being of indefinite duration;governed by customary law in respect of any dealings, including intestate successionbetween persons residing in or occupying and using land–(i)(ii)within the village having jurisdiction over that land; orwhere the customary right of occupancy has been granted in land other thanvillage land, contiguous to or surrounding the land which has been granted for acustomary right of occupancy;(e)(f)(g)subject to any conditions which are set out in section 29 or as may be prescribed andto any other conditions which the village council having jurisdiction over that land shalldetermine;may be granted subject to a premium and an annual rent, which may be varied fromtime to time;capable of being assigned to a citizen or a group of citizens, having a residence orplace of business in the village where the land is situate, or a body corporate themajority of whose shareholders or members are citizens having a place of business in