Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This Act may be cited as the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.4) Act, 2017.”
This Act may be cited as the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.4) Act, 2017. This section says the Written Laws listed in the Act are amended as set out in their relevant Parts. This Part must be read together with the Land Disputes Courts Act, which is called the principal Act here. Section 2 is amended by replacing the definition of “district council” with a new definition of “Council.” This section amends section 10 of the principal Act by deleting the words “of a District Council” from subsection (1).
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This Act may be cited as the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.4) Act, 2017.
Section 1
If the High Court makes findings about the legality, propriety, or regularity of a matter sent to it under subsection (2), it must send the file back to the District Land and Housing Tribunal within 14 days of the order.
Section 10
This provision amends the principal Act by inserting a new section immediately after section 18.
Section 20
Section 22’s penalty wording is changed to a higher fine and a longer prison term.
Section 28
This section changes the Board’s membership list and makes the Fund’s Director General the Board Secretary.
Section 36
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Source and current-law status
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