Housing (Amendment) Act, 1956

PART V.

Labourers Cottages.

Amendment of section 12 (2) (b) (i) of Labourers Act, 1936.

14.—(1) Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 12 of the Labourers Act, 1936 (No. 24 of 1936), is hereby amended by the addition thereto of “having provided a cottage situate on state land, has become owner in fee simple of that land, or”.

(2) In a case to which, by virtue of this section, subsection (2) of section 12 of the Labourers Act, 1936 , applies immediately upon the passing of this Act, the period during which the obligations imposed by that subsection are to be fulfilled shall be taken to be the period of twelve months beginning on the passing of this Act.