Land Temporary Planting Permit Rules

These rules may be cited as the Land (Temporary Planting Permit) Rules.

“short term crop” means a crop which in the natural course is harvested within one year of sowing or planting.

The Collector for any district may, if no Land Inspector is available to demarcate land in his district, receive an application by any person entitled to hold land for a

Temporary Planting Permit.

Any application for such a permit shall describe the land for which application is made and state the crops which the applicant intends to plant which shall be short term crops.

Upon being satisfied that the application is in respect of State land and upon payment of the fee hereinafter prescribed, the Collector may issue a Temporary Planting

Permit for such land within his district in such form as the Director of Lands and Surveys may from time to time prescribe, and such permit may be expressed to be upon such conditions as the Collector prescribes and shall include the following conditions which shall be endorsed thereon as follows: -

No Temporary Planting Permit shall be for more than five acres nor be valid for more than one year from the date thereof and in every case may be cancelled at any time upon one month’s notice in writing signed by the Collector being served upon the holder or occupant thereof or, if such service cannot be effected, by notice fixed on the Notice

Board at the nearest District Office.

A Temporary Planting Permit shall authorise the occupation only of the State land as therein described and the holder thereof shall be liable to any claims or penalties which may be made should he encroach on any land other than such as is therein described.

If any dispute shall arise between any persons as to the boundaries of any land the subject of a Temporary Planting Permit the dispute shall be referred to the Collector who shall hear such evidence as he thinks fit and his decision shall be final.

A fee of fifty sen per acre shall be payable in respect of all Temporary Planting

Permits issued under these rules.