The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

53. Village adjudication committee(1) Where a village assembly which has approved a recommendation that a villageadjudication process shall take place, the village council shall establish a village adjudicationcommittee, the members of which shall be elected by the village assembly.(2) A village adjudication committee shall consist of not less than six nor more than ninepersons, of whom not less than three persons shall be women, who shall serve for a term ofthree years and shall be eligible to be re-elected for one further term of three years.(3) The functions of a village adjudication committee shall be to–(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)determine the boundaries of and interest in land which is the subject of a villageadjudication;set aside or made reservations of land or demarcate rights of way and othereasements which it considers necessary for the more beneficial occupation of land;adjudicate upon and decide in accordance with customary law any question referredto it by any person with an interest in land which is the subject of a villageadjudication;advise the village adjudication adviser or any person subordinate to him who isassisting in the village adjudication process upon any question of customary law as towhich its guidance has been sought;safeguard the interests of women, absent persons, minors and persons under adisability;take account of any interest in land in respect of which for any reason, no claim hasbeen made.(4) Each village adjudication committee shall elect one of its members to be chairman whoshall preside at all meetings at which he is present; and if at any meeting the chairman isabsent, the members present shall elect one of themselves to preside over that meeting.(5) The quorum of a village adjudication committee shall, where the number of thecommittee is six members, be four, of which at least two members shall be women and wherethe number of the committee is greater than six members, be five, of which at least twomembers shall be women.(6) In the event of an equality of votes, the chairman or other member presiding shall have acasting vote as well as an original vote.(7) Any decision of a village adjudication committee shall be signed by the chairman or