Grazing Reserves Law, no. 4 of 1965

CAP.56 Grazing Reserves Law SECTION 28. Extinguishment or rights In local government grazing reserve,, 29. Control of alienation of rights in local government grazing reserve. 30. Restrictions of entry to local government grazing reserve. 31. Power to de-reserve. 32. Management of locpl government grazing reserves. 33. Rules. CHAPTER56 GRAZING RESERVES LAW A Law for the constitution, preservation and control of grazing reserves and for purposes connected therewith. 1. Short title [N.N. 4 of 1965, BA.S.LN. 1 of 1982.) [Commencement: 29th Murch, 19651 • PARTI Preliminary This Law may be cited as the Grazing Reserves Law. 2. Interpretation In this Law- "Commissioner'' means the State Commissioner for the time being assigned with responsibility for Animal and Forest Resources; • (BA.S.L.N. 1 of 1982.] "community" means any group of persons occupying any lands in accordance with and subject to customary law; "enclave" means an area completely surrounded by a grazing reserve and ex­ cluded froin that grazing reserve in accordance with this Law; "grazing reserve" means any area constituted a grazing reserve under this Law; "lands at the disposal of the Government" means any lands which the Govern­ ment or the Commissioner responsible for Lands has acquired or may acquire by agreement or otherwise and includes lands leased to the Government or the Commis­ sioner responsible for Lands. (L,;sue 1) G-52 Grazing Reserves Law PART 1J Government Grazing Reserves CAP.56 3. Land which may be constituted reserves The following lands may in accordance with section 12 and subject to s�tions 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 be constituted as a Government grazing reserve: (a) lands at the disposal of Government; [BA.S.L.N. 1 of 1982.) (b) any lands in respect of which it appears to the Commissioner that grazing on such lands should •be protected or reserved or grazing management should be practised. 4. Notification of intention to create reserves and appointment of reserve settle­ ment officers Before any lands arc constituted a Government grazing reserve a notice shall be pub­ lished by the Commissioner in the State Gazette- (a) specifying as nearly as may be the situation and limits of the lands; [BAS.L.N. 1 of 1982.] (b) declaring whether the lands are at the disposal of the Government or are lands coming within paragraph (b) of section 3; (c) declaring that it is intended to constitute such lands a Government grazing reserve, either for the general purposes of Government or for the particular use and henefit, wholly or in part, of any class of persons or for the benefit of any community or local government; (cl) appointing an officer (hereinafter referred to as the reserve settlement offi- ,. • • cer) to inquire into and determine the existence, nature and extent of any rights claimed by or alleged to exist in favour of any persons or communi­ ties or brought to the knowledge of the said officer affecting the lands or any other rights in or over the lands. S. Duties of reserve settlement officer Upon publication of the notice referred to in section 4, the reserve settlement officer shall- (a) ' ' t cause the particulars of the lands which it is proposed to canstitutc a Gov­ ernment grazing reserve to be made known in the district or districts in which the lands are situated by causing a notice thereof to be read and in­ terpreted in the local language in every area court in the SIJid district or dis­ tricts and also by, as far as he considers essential, informing in writing the chiefs of the communities dwelling on, and the local governments having jurisdiction over, such•lands; [BA.S.L.N. l of 1982.) fix and, in the.manner aforesaid, make known a period within which and a place to or at which any person or community claiming any right or rights in or over or affecting the lands which it is proposed to constitute a Government G-53