Section 98
Section 98
⎯(1)
After consultation with the committee appointed in accordance with section 97(1), the Settlement Officer may exclude from the provisions of this Part any area which is subject to, or likely to become subject to, section 6, and he shall forthwith submit a report on the area to the Director for submission to the Minister.
(2)
Provided that, if the part of such area to which the declaration under subsection (1) relates is comprised in a block in respect of which a notice under section 85 relates, the Settlement
Officer shall⎯
(a)
amend such last mentioned notice accordingly; and
(b)
take all reasonable steps to inform any persons whose attendance he may have required under section 88 in connection with such part and such other persons, if any, who may have presented claims in connection with such part.
Government rights to unclaimed land 99.
All land in any settlement area to which rights are not established by any claimant and registered in accordance with section 112, other than land in respect of which a dispute has not been finally decided, shall belong absolutely to the Government and shall be entered as such in the Register.
Restriction on dealing pending settlement 100.⎯(1) After publication of any notice under section 85, no dealing affecting the title to any land in the block affected by such notice, whether such dealing purports to be a disposition affecting the whole or part of the land in the title or an undivided share therein, shall be accepted for registration until after the posting of the
Schedule of Alienated Land provided for in section 90(1) and the expiry of the period within which an appeal may be made under section 102 or, if such an appeal is made, until such is disposed of pursuant to the said section:
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Provided that any such dealing may be produced to and accepted by the Settlement Officer and duly taken into consideration by him in drawing up the Schedule of Alienated Land.
(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) shall be so interpreted as to allow registration after the date of the posting of the Schedule of
Alienated Land, or the extended time referred to in that subsection, of any instrument which could not be registered before that date, unless such instrument complies with the appropriate provisions of this Code and contains a sufficient description of the land dealt with therein to enable the land to be properly identified.
No claim to compensation on account of failure to locate parcel in existing Registers