National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 5 · Enforcement of conditions
133. Power of State Authority to annul forfeiture, or re-alienate to previous proprietor on new terms, etc.
Feedback & supportAny person or body who was the proprietor of any alienated land immediately before its forfeiture under this Act may at any time apply to the State Authority for the annulment of the forfeiture.
proprietor
“proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;
The State Authority may in its absolute discretion refuse or allow any petition under this section, and, if it allows the petition, may do so conditionally upon payment by the petitioner—
if the forfeiture was for non-payment of rent, of such penalty, not exceeding six times the sum which he was required to pay by the notice of demand served on him under section 97, as the State Authority may think fit to impose;
if the forfeiture was for breach of any condition, of such amount as the State Authority may determine in respect of the expenses occasioned by the forfeiture.
The refusal of any petition under this section shall not be taken to prejudice the power of the State Authority to re-alienate the land to the previous proprietor at any time; and, for the purposes of any such re-alienation, the State Authority shall, at the time when it gives approval thereto, re-determine as it may consider appropriate the various matters specified in subsection 79(2).
alienate
“alienate” means to dispose of State land in perpetuity or for a term of years, in consideration of the payment of rent, and otherwise in accordance with section 76 or, when used in relation to the period before the commencement of this Act, to dispose of State land in perpetuity or for a term of years under a previous land law (not being a law relating to mining);