The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

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occupancy or any other document or instrument relating to land; or(ii)(iii)the making of any entry or the endorsement or any matter on any such documentor instrument referred to in subparagraph (1);the cancellation or amendment of any of the aforesaid documents or instrumentsor entries or endorsements;(d)(e)fraudulently alters, adds to, erases, defaces, mutilates or destroys any documents orinstrument relating to land or any entry on or endorsement of any such document orinstrument;suppresses or conceals from the Commissioner, the Registrar, any authorised officeror any officer of a village council exercising powers under this Act or assists or joins inso doing, any material document, fact or matter,commits an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding one million shillings orimprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both, the fine and imprisonment.(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse, fails to produce any document as requiredunder this Act an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousandshillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both the fine andimprisonment.(3) Any person who unlawfully occupies land an offence and upon conviction is liable, to afine not exceeding ten thousand shillings, and in the case of a continuing offence to anadditional fine not exceeding five hundred shillings for every day during which the offencecontinues.(4) Any person who wrongfully obstructs or encroaches on a public right of way and whodoes not within the time specified in any notice served on him remove that obstruction orcease that encroachment commits an offence and upon conviction is liable, to a fine notexceeding ten thousand shillings and in the case of a continuing offence, to an additional finenot exceeding two hundred shillings for every day during which the offence continues.(5) Any person who wilfully–(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)delays; orobstructs; orhinders; orintimidates; orassaults,
any person authorised under this Act to enter and inspect any land in the lawful exercise ofpower in that behalf commits an offence and upon conviction is liable, to a fine not exceedingone hundred thousand shillings or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to boththe fine and imprisonment.(6) Any person who, under this Act, whether generally or for a specific function, in thecourse of any official function or otherwise, unlawfully or with force enters on the land of anyperson or while on land, wilfully commits any damage to the land or anything on the land,whether naturally on the land, or stock owned by any person using the land or crops planted orbuildings erected on the land commits an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine notexceeding fifty thousand shillings or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to boththe fine and imprisonment.(7) Where a court has convicted any person of an offence under this section and thecommission of that offence enabled that person to obtain or retain or regain any interest inland which he would otherwise not have been able to obtain, retain or regain, the court may inaddition to any punishment provided for by this section imposed on that person, make anyorder in relation to that interest in land so obtained, retained or regained by that person asappears to the court necessary to ensure that that person does not profit by the offence ofwhich he has been convicted.64. Corrupt transactions(1) Nothing in this Act shall be taken or construed to validate, affirm, authenticate or giveany legal effect to any grant of a customary certificate of occupancy, or any disposition, or anycontract for any of transaction which was obtained or induced by any corrupt action, on thepart of any government or public or local government official and such a transaction is herebydeclared to be and to have been from its inception an illegal transaction, void and havingabsolutely no legal effect.(2) For purposes of this section, a transaction shall be taken to be affected or tainted bycorruption when either–(a)(b)(c)any party involved directly or indirectly in the transaction in respect of which it isalleged that an action was corrupt is convicted of corruption and all final appealsarising from that conviction have been concluded; orany public servant or other public official is interdicted, or is retired in the publicinterest, from his post on the grounds that he has been engaged in corrupt actionsand that these actions involved that transaction; oran investigatory body reports that it is satisfied or that transaction was procured bycorrupt practices.(3) Any person occupying land which he obtained as a consequence of participating in any
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CHAPTER 114THE VILLAGE LAND ACT[PRI
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60. Village Land Council.61. Functi
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"general land" means all public lan
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adviser under section 52 of this Ac
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this section.(2) For the purposes o
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(13) A transfer of village land to
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A: Management and Administration (s
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(7) A certificate of village land s
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issue and advise the village counci
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(i)(ii)to give groups an opportunit
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(3) The district council shall prov
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(7) Persons who traditionally and i
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jurisdiction of any village establi
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