Land Act, 1946

Construction of conditions against sub-letting, etc.

3.—Where—

(a) an agreement or undertaking to purchase a holding or parcel of land from the Land Commission, whether entered into before, on or after the operative date, contains a condition whereby the purchaser agrees not to sublet or part with possession of the holding or parcel or any part thereof until the holding or parcel is vested in him, and

(b) the purchaser makes, on or after the operative date and before the holding or parcel is vested in him, a letting in conacre or for the purposes of agistment or for the temporary depasturage or meadowing of the holding or parcel or any part thereof,

the making of the letting shall constitute a breach of the said condition.