No. 12/2017 LAND CoMMISSION (b) 62 Cap. 20:29 refer the matter of the appeal back to the Minister for reconsideration, whether with or without directions on how the matter is to be reconsidered. False statements in land applications A person who, in connection with an application for a pattially alienated Sta.te land right, makes a false statement, knowing it to be false or not having reasonable grounds for believing it to be true, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 63 Purported alienation of Gazetted or other State land A person who purp01ts, otherwise than in accordance with the express terms of a lease or permit, or without the written auth01isation or consent of the acquiring authority, to allocate, allot, distribute, transfer, apportion, assign, subdivide, distribute, sell, dispose of, donate or otherwise alienate any Gazetted or other State land, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven in respect of each identifiable piece or p01tion of such land thus unlawfully dealt with, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 64 Regulations (1) The Commission may make regulations(a) prescribing anything which by this Act and its Constitutional mandate is required or pennitted to be prescribed or which, in its opinion, is necessary or convenient to be presctibed for the carrying out or giving effect to this Act; (b) providing for the conditions of service of the Executive Secretary and the stafJ of the Commission; (c) (d) providing for the charging of any fee in connection with any service provided by the Commission; providing for the conduct of the Commission's audit, investigative and dispute settlement functions. (2) Regulations made in terms of subsection ( 1) may create offences and provide for the imposition of penalties for the contravention thereof not exceeding level fomteen or, in default of payment, imprisomnent for a period not exceeding six months. (3) The regulations of the Commission shall not have effect until- 65 (a) the Minister has referred the regulations to Cabinet for its approval; and (b) they have been published (with such amendments as Cabinet may have made) by the Minister in the Gazette. Repeal of Cap. 20:01 and Cap. 20:18; savings and transitional provisions (1) Subject to this section, the Agricultural Land Settlement Act [Chapter 20:01] and Rural LandAct [Chapter20:18] are repealed. (2) Despite the repeal of the Agricultural Land Settlement Act [Chapter 20:01]- (a) any lease, permit, offer letter, agreement or transaction issued or entered into or deemed to have been issued or entered into under that Act, and in force immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, shall 242