No. 12/2017
LAND CoMMISSION
Cap. 20:29
(3) The Commission shall take all necessary steps to comply with any direction
given to it in tetms of subsection (1).
(4) When any direction has been given to the Commission in tenns of subsection
(1), the Commission shall ensure that the direction and any views the Commission has
expressed on it in terms of subsection (2) are set out in the Commission's annual report.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), where the rvfinister, after consultation with the
President, is of the view on reasonable grounds that any decision or action of the
Commission is not in the interests of(a)
the national defence, public safety or public order of Zimbabwe or is
prejudicial to the general public or national interest; or
(b)
the interests of holders of partially alienated State land as a whole;
the Minister may direct the Commission in writing to reverse, suspend or rescind such
decision or to reverse, suspend or rescind such action.
(6) Before making any direction in tcnns of subsection (5), the Minister shall
inform the Commission in writing of his or her intention to do so, setting out the purport
of the proposed direction and his or her grounds for making it, and the Commission
may, within fourteen days of being so informed, make \Vritten representations to the
Minister on the matter.
(7) The Commission shall, with due expedition or within a period that the
Minister may direct in wtiting, comply with any direction given to it in tenns of
subsection (5).
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Immunity
No legal proceedings shall lie against the Commission or any member of the
Commission or the Executive Secretary or any person acting under the direction of
the Commission in respect of anything which is done in good faith and without gross
negligence in pursuance of this Act.
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Provincial, district and other offices of Commission
The Commission shall endeavour to establish a principal office and offices at
provincial, distlict and other administrative levels as it considers fit for the better
performance of its functions.
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Entry upon land
(1) The Minister or any person authorised thereto in writing by the Minister,
may, for the purposes of Part IV, at all reasonable times, enter upon any land with such
persons, animals, vehicles and appliances as may be necessary for the execution of
his, her or their duties and may enter and inspect any such land and do all such things
thereon as are necessary for surveys or investigations in connection with the carrying
out of anything authorised to be done under Part IV.
(2) Any member of the Commission or a designated member of the staff of the
Commission may, for the purposes of Patt VI, at all reasonable times enter upon any
farm which is the subject of an investigation under that Part or in respect of which an
order has been given in terms of that Patt, together with such person.<;, animals, vehicles
and appliances as may be necessary for the purposes of conducting such investigation
or for ascettaining whether or not the tenns of the order are being complied with.
(3) Every member of the Commission or employee of the Commission
authmised by the Commission, and every inspector or a person authorised by the
Minister may, at all reasonable times, enter upon a holding with such other persons,
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