The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

(2) An assignment of a customary right of occupancy may be made to a person or group ofpersons not ordinarily resident in a village if and only if–(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)the village council approves of the assignment;there is an agreement prior to the assignment;in event of termination of the agreement the assignment shall be made to a citizen;that person or the authorised representative of that group of persons make and sign adeposition that he or they will make that village his or their principal place of residenceor work or commence the construction of one or more houses to be a principal placeof residence within six months of that deposition; orthat person or that group of persons make and sign a deposition that he or they willwithin six months of the making of that deposition commence the construction ofsome industrial, commercial or other building which is likely to provide benefit forvillagers or the village; orthat person or that group of persons make and sign a deposition that he or they intendwithin six months of the making of that deposition to commence some agricultural,mining, tourist or other development which is be likely to provide benefit to villagers orthe village.(3) The parties to a proposed assignment shall notify the village council on a prescribedform of that proposed assignment not less than sixty days before it is proposed.(4) The village council shall disallow an assignment which–(a)(b)(c)(d)would result in the assignee occupying an amount of land in excess of the prescribedmaximum for that village;would operate or would be likely to operate to defeat the right of any woman tooccupy land under a customary right of occupancy, a derivative right or as asuccessor in title to the assignor;would result in the assignor occupying an amount of land insufficient to provide for hislivelihood or where he has a family or other dependants, for their livelihood;is to be made to a person or group of persons referred to in subsection (2) and–(i)(ii)those persons have not made the required deposition; orthe village council is in possession of clear evidence that, notwithstanding that adeposition has been made, the person or persons who made the deposition donot intend to comply with it;