Rock Sound Commoners Rules (Cap. 152).
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Type of law
Regulation
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Abstract
These Rules, made under section 11 of the Commonage Act, concern commoners in the Rock Sound area. The Rules require commoners to register with the Commissioner. The Rules also, among other things: allow a commoner to take up land of another commoner for cultivation if such land has not been cultivated regularly; provide rules regarding the setting of fire to land; set limits for the proximity of cultivation on land bordering land of another commoner; provide for resolution of disputes between commoners in relating to the use of land by a commission of commoners appointed by the Commissioner; secure free access to water resources by commoners; and denies right to a commoner who is not registered in respect any lands of which he or she may be deemed the owner by virtue of cultivation.
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Consolidated version of G.N. 266/1938 as at 31 December 2009 and amended by Act No. 5 of 1987.
Repealed
No
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English
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No
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