Section 5: Deed of lease
consolidated text (as at 2018, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
5. Deed of lease
(1) Every lease shall be witnessed by a deed drawn up in 3 originals in
the form set out in the Schedule.
(2) The deed of lease shall be—
(a) signed by the lessee and by the Minister or such officer of his
Ministry as he may designate in writing for that purpose; and
(b) stamped and registered.
(3) One of the originals of the deed shall remain with the lessee, one
with the Conservator of Forests and the third shall be transcribed in the
office of the Registrar-General under the Transcription and Mortgage Act.
(4) No deed under this section shall be signed unless the lessee has
complied with section 8 and has paid all applicable stamp, registration and
transcription duties.
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(5) Where the lessee fails to sign the deed within one month of the
commencement of the lease, the Minister may notify the lessee in writing
that the lease is cancelled, and the lease shall consequently be cancelled.