LAND ACT 1933 - SECT 26

This legislation has been repealed.

LAND ACT 1933 - SECT 26

26 .         Restriction as to age

        (1)         No person under 16 years of age shall be eligible to select, acquire by transfer, or hold land under this Act, except in the case of land disposed of under Part IV.

        (2)         The Minister may —

            (a)         require any applicant for, or the transferee of, land (other than land available for disposal or disposed of under Part IV.) subject to the provisions of this Act to prove that he is not under 16 years of age; and

            (b)         require any such applicant or transferee, when he is a minor to prove his actual age; and

            (c)         in any case, either under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), require the applicant or the transferee to verify his proof as to age by a statutory declaration.

        [Section 26 amended by No. 36 of 1939 s.2.]