Section 143
Powers of Land Administrator or State Director in relation to applications
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Where any application under subsection 142(1) relates to land the partition of which is required to be approved by the
State Director, the Land Administrator shall refer the application to the State Director together with his recommendations thereon.
(2)
If on any application under the said subsection (1) it appears to the Land Administrator or, in a case referred to him as aforesaid, the State Director—
(a)
that the conditions for approval of the partition specified or referred to in paragraphs 141(1)(a) to (c) are satisfied;
or
(b)
that those conditions would be satisfied if the proposals in the application were modified in one or more minor respects, the Land Administrator or, as the case may be, State Director shall approve the partition in accordance with the said proposals, modified where necessary as mentioned in paragraph (b).
(3)
In any other case, the Land Administrator or, as the case may be, State Director shall reject the application.
(4)
On approving, or being informed by the State Director that he has approved, the partition of any land, the Land Administrator shall notify each of the co-proprietors of the approval, and of any modifications subject to which it is given, and shall in each such notification specify, and call upon the co-proprietors as a whole to pay to him within a specified time—
(a)
in a case where the individual portions are to be surveyed by a Survey Officer, the amount, or estimated amount, of the fees chargeable for the survey of each portion;
and
(b)
in every case, the fees chargeable in connection with the preparation and registration of final documents of title to each portion.
(5)
On rejecting, or being informed by the State Director that he has rejected, any application, the Land Administrator shall notify the co-proprietors, and shall cancel, or cause to be cancelled, the note endorsed on the register document of title pursuant to subsection 142(2).
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Power of State Authority in relation to application for partition of land subject to the category “agriculture”