Land Act, 1950

Amendment of section 37 of Land Act, 1936.

22.—(1) Where, on the hearing of an application under section 37 of the Land Act, 1936 , or that section as amended or extended by any enactment, it is found that, having regard to the character or user of the parcel of untenanted land and to all the circumstances of the case, it would not be in the interest of the country to grant the application, the application shall be refused.

(2) Section 37 of the Land Act, 1936 , is hereby amended by the deletion—

(I) of the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b) of sub-section (1), and

(II) of paragraphs (c) and (d) of sub-section (1), and

(III) of paragraphs (b) and (d) of sub-section (3).