Land Act, 1950

Extension of section 24 of Land Act, 1939.

25.—In addition to their present application, sub-sections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 24 of the Land Act, 1939 , shall also apply to any land—

(a) the whole or an undivided share or undivided shares of which is or are purchased under the Land Purchase Acts or is or are subject to a purchase agreement entered or deemed to be entered into under those Acts or is or are purchased under the Forestry Act, 1946 (No. 13 of 1946), and

(b) which is held by two or more persons in common, whether as joint tenants or tenants in common and whether or not purchased or subject to a purchase agreement as aforesaid with any other land,

and, accordingly, in those sub-sections any reference to owners in common shall include a reference to the said two or more persons and any reference to a holding to which the said section 24 applies shall include a reference to the said land.