Section 8
Rights of occupancy
of Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954
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Section 8
(1)
The State Authority may grant rights of occupancy of any land not being alienated land or land leased for any purpose within any aboriginal area or aboriginal reserve.
(2)
Rights of occupancy may be granted—
(a)
to—
(i)
any individual aborigine;
(ii)
members of any family of aborigines; or
(iii)
members of any aboriginal community;
(b)
free of rent or subject to such rents as may be imposed in the grant; and
(c)
subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the grant, and shall be deemed not to confer on any person any better title than that of a tenant at will.
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(3)
Nothing in this section shall preclude the alienation or grant or lease of any land to any aborigine.