No. 12/2017
LAND
CorvrMrssroN
Cap. 20:29
(b) any portion of State land or Gazetted land, means the holder of a
lawful authority from the State to hold, use or occupy such land in
the form of(i) an offer letter; or
(ii) a ninety-nine lease; or
(iii) a lease with a purchase option; or
(iv) a pennit;
(v) any other land settlement lease;
and the word "landholder" shall be construed accordingly;
"negotiated statutory servitude" means a proposed statutory servitude refened
to in section 45(l)(c);
"pennanent servitude" means a servitude other than a temporary servitude;
"servitude" means any praedial or personal servitude registrable as such in ten11s
of the Deeds Registries Act, including (but not limited to) a servitude for a
right of way, a water servitude, a grazing servitude, and a servitude for the
extraction of water, wood or other materials from the servient tenement;
"servitude of passage" means the right to occupy and use so much laud
belonging to another as may be necessary for or incidental to the passage
of water and includes the right(a) to construct such water works as may be necessary for such passage
on such land and over, under or alongside other water works, or to
enlarge and extend existing water works; and
(b) of access to and over the area subject to such right of occupation and
use, after giving such notice as is reasonable in the circumstances
to the occupier thereof, for the purpose of constructing, inspecting,
maintaining and operating water works referred to in paragraph (a)
or for any other purpose necessary for the effective enjoyment of
the rights referred to in this definition;
"servitude of right of way" means the right to pass through land lmvfully held
or occupied by another;
"servitude of storage" means the 1ight to occupy and use land lawfully held
or occupied by another by inundating it with water by means of water
storage works, together with such land(a) contiguous to the land so inundated as may be required to be occupied
and used by the holder of the servitude of storage for the purpose
of preventing the pollution of the water stored by or in the water
storage works; and
(b) adjacent to or near the land so inundated as may be required to be
occupied and used for the purpose of passage, after giving such
notice as is reasonable in the circumstances to the occupier thereof,
for the purpose of cleansing and maintaining the water storage works
or for any other purpose necessary for the effective enjoyment of
the rights referred to in this definition;
"temporary servitude" means a servitude with a duration of(a) a fixed number of years; or
(b) the pe1iod for which it is used for the purpose for which it is granted,
with or without fmther specification of such duration;
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