Section 15
Restriction of dealings
of Land (Group Settlement Areas) Act 1960
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Section 15
(1)
No land comprised in a rural holding may at any time be subdivided or partitioned.
(2)
Subject to subsections (2a) and (2b), no land comprised in a rural holding may be held by way of undivided shares.
(2a)
The State Authority may permit a rural holding to be held by way of undivided shares by a holder and his wife, ex-wife or next-of-kin as a co-holder, upon an application in Form AA in the First Schedule.
(2b)
A rural holding may be held by way of undivided shares pursuant to an order of court made in accordance with the Islamic
Family Law Enactment applicable in the State or the Law Reform
(Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976.
(3)
No rural holding may be leased or sublet in whole or in part.