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The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

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e obtained and no building will be erected until those permissions have been soobtained;(c)(d)(e)(f)the occupier will pay any rent, fees, charges, taxes and other required payments duein respect of his occupation of the land as and when such imposts fall due;the occupier will comply with all rules, including all rules of customary law and allby-laws applicable to the land and all lawful orders and directions given to him by thevillage council or any person acting with the authority of the village council relating tohis use and occupation of the land or any orders of any local or other authority havingjurisdiction over land in the area where the land is situate or any orders of any officerexercising powers under this <strong>Act</strong>;the occupier will retain and keep safe all boundary marks, whether natural orotherwise on or at the boundaries to the land;the occupier will remain residing in the village but where he is to be temporarilyabsent, will make all proper arrangements for the land to be managed and used inaccordance with the conditions set out in this subsection.(3) A person who signs a certificate of customary right of occupancy in accordance with theprovisions of section 24 shall, where he signs on his own behalf, be deemed to have boundhimself and, be deemed to have bound that group of village organisation, be deemed to havebound that group of persons or that non-village organisation as the case may be, to the villagecouncil to observe and comply strictly with each and every condition contained in thatcertificate of customary right of occupancy.(4) <strong>The</strong> Commissioner and any authorised officer of the village council or other departmentof government may, subject to the provisions of section 171 of the <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Act</strong> *(44) relating tothe right of entry enter on land the subject of customary right of occupancy and to inspectwhether the conditions under which the customary right has been granted are being compliedwith.30. Assignment of customary right of occupancy by villager(1) A villager or group of villagers or a lender of monies on the security of a mortgageexercising the powers of sale provided for by sections 131 to 133 of the <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Act</strong> *(45) inrelation to power of sale may assign a customary right of occupancy in the land held for thatcustomary right of occupancy or a part of it to–(a)(b)(c)a villager or a group of villagers;the village council;a person or group of persons, being citizens, to whom subsection (2) applies.

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