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The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

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(ii)(iii)where he has more than one wife, his wives in order of seniority;where he has no wife or all wives have declined to accept the offer, hisdependants;(b)where the person who has surrendered the customary right of occupancy is awoman–(i)(ii)her husband;where she has no husband or is divorced from her husband or her husband hasdeclined to accept the offer, her dependants in accordance.(3) A customary right of occupancy to which this section applies shall be granted to aperson other than a person referred to in subsection (2), free of any outstanding debts whichmay have burdened the surrendered customary right of occupancy.37. When breach of condition of customary right of occupancy arises(1) A breach of a condition requiring continuous performance shall arise as soon andcontinue as long as the condition is not complied with.(2) A breach of a condition subject to a fixed term shall arise–(a)(b)in the case of a condition requiring the doing of any act within any time specified andupon that time being extended by the village council, within that extended time, uponthe expiry of that time without that act having been done;in the case of a condition requiring any act to be refrained from until any timespecified in the condition or where that time has been extended by the village council,within that extended time, upon the doing of that act before that time.(3) Where any condition consists of two or more separate obligations or liabilities, a failureto fulfil any of those obligations or liabilities shall constitute a breach of the condition.(4) Where any condition consists of an obligation to comply with regulations made by anylocal or other authority or the lawful orders of a village council having jurisdiction in the areawhere the land held for a customary right of occupancy is situated, a failure to comply with anyof those regulations or any lawful order shall constitute a breach of a condition, whether thatfailure is made the subject of criminal proceedings or not.(5) Where any condition consists of an obligation to comply with any rule of customary lawapplicable to the land held for a customary right of occupancy, or to the person occupying thatland, a failure to comply with that rule shall constitute a breach of condition.38. Remedies for breach of condition

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