The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

further to the Court.48. Application of this SubpartC: Adjudication of Interest in Land (ss 48-59)Except where the boundaries of and interest in land is registered under any law applicableto the registration of village land, or notwithstanding such registration, the boundaries andinterests in land are fully accepted and agreed to by all persons with an interest in that landand in respect of the boundaries of that land and land bordering that land, no grant of acustomary right of occupancy shall be made to any person, group of persons or non-villageorganisation unless and until the boundaries of and interest in that land have been adjudicatedin accordance with the provisions of this Subpart.49. Spot adjudication(1) A person, group of persons or non-village organisation may, on making an application toa village council for a customary right of occupancy, apply, on a prescribed form to that villagecouncil for adjudication, to be known as "spot adjudication" to be applied to that land in respectof which they have applied for a customary right of occupancy.(2) The village council shall determine whether spot adjudication may be applied to the landin respect of which it has been requested or whether it is necessary, in order for adjudication tobe applied to land in a proper and just manner, to apply adjudication to land contiguous to or inthe vicinity of the land for which adjudication has been requested.(3) Where the village council determines that spot adjudication may be applied to the land, itshall commence the process of adjudication in respect of that land.(4) Where the village council determines that it is necessary to apply adjudication to landcontiguous to and in the vicinity of the land for which adjudication has been requested, it shall–(a)(b)(c)submit the determination in the form of a recommendation to the village assembly forits approval;inform the District Council having jurisdiction over that village of the determination andthe reasons for it;inform the applicants of the determination and the reasons for it.(5) Where, either–(a)(b)a village assembly rejects the recommendation of the village council submitted to itunder paragraph (a) of subsection (3); oran applicant for adjudication submits an objection, in writing, to the determination to