Cap. 20:29
LAND
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No.12/2017
(2) Where an owner of land is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the
court before which he or she is convicted shall order that any alienation, lease, permit
or right granted in contravention of section 18(1) shall be cancelled, and shall, in the
case of any alienation, lease, permit or right registered in the Deeds Registry, cause
a copy of such order to be sent to the Registrar of Deeds who shall note the contents
thereof on any document relating to the land concerned which is registered in the Deeds
Registry and shall make the necessary entries in the registers kept in his or her office.
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Exercise of duties pursuant to sections 17 and 18
In the exercise of the duties, functions and powers pursuant to sections 17 and 18
regard shall be had to(a) the matters mentioned in the Third Schedule; and
(b)
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any representations made in connection with any matters by any local
authority, a town planning or responsible authority, any environment
committee appointed in terms of section 61 of the Rural District Councils
Act [Chapter 29:13] or any farmers' association, which is affected or
likely to be affected thereby.
Regulations under Part IV
(1) The Minister shall have power to make such regulations as he or she may
deem expedient to give force or effect to this Pa1i or for its better administration.
(2) The appropriate Minister may make regulations in terms of subsection ( 1)
providing for(a)
limiting the number of pieces of land that any person may own or hold
for farming or other purposes;
(b)
limiting the size of any piece of land that may be owned by any person for
f'cuming or other purposes and, in so doing, the Minister may fix the size
of any such piece of land according to the Natural Region in which such
land is located or according to such other criteria as he or she considers
appropriate;
(c)
restricting the right of(i) individuals who are not indigenous citizens of Zimbabwe to own,
lease or otherwise occupy State land in Zimbabwe;
(ii) individuals who are not residents or citizens of Zimbabwe, or
companies or bodies corporate whose activities are controlled by
individuals who are not resident in Zimbabwe, to own, lease or
otherwise occupy land in Zimbabwe.
PARTV
LAND SETILEMENT
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Minister may make provisions for land settlement, etc.
After consulting the Commission, the Minister may establish schemes or make
other provision for(a)
the settlement of persons on and the alienation to such persons of
agricultural land;
(b)
objects incidental to and connected with any object refened to in paragraph
(a).
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