Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1958
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Power to acquire and dispose of land and to erect buildings. |
4.—(1) A committee of agriculture may, with the consent of and subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister— | |
(a) acquire, whether by way of purchase or lease or otherwise, land (including land outside its functional area), and | ||
(b) dispose of, whether by way of sale or lease or otherwise, land (including land outside its functional area) acquired by it under this section or vested in it under section 41 of the Principal Act. | ||
(2) A committee of agriculture may, with the consent of and subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister, erect any buildings (including buildings outside its functional area) which it considers necessary for the performance of its functions. | ||
(3) Moneys received by a committee of agriculture in relation to any disposal under this section of land shall be applied by the committee for any of the purposes specified in subsection (1) of section 38 of the Principal Act, as amended by subsection (8) of section 2 of the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1944 (No. 3 of 1944), subsection (6) of section 3 of the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948 (No. 24 of 1948), and subsections (5) and (9) of section 8 of this Act, or, in default of being so applied, for any other purpose determined by the committee with the consent of the Minister. |