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Section 43

Persons and bodies to whom land may be disposed of

of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)

ActIn forceProvision 45 of 391
Section 43

Subject to the provisions of Part Thirty-three (A), the powers of disposal conferred on the State Authority by section 42 may be exercised only in favour of, and applications for their exercise may be accepted only from, the following persons and bodies:

(a)

natural persons other than minors;

(b)

corporations having power under their constitutions to hold land;

(c)

sovereigns, governments, organizations and other persons authorized to hold land under the provisions of the Diplomatic

Privileges (Vienna Convention) Act 1966 [Act 636], the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities)

Act 1992 [Act 485] and the Consular Relations (Vienna

Convention) Act 1999 [Act 595];

(d)

bodies expressly empowered to hold land under any other written law:

Provided that it shall not be necessary for a corporation to have power to hold land in order for it to be able to apply for, and be issued with, a permit to extract and remove rock material.