Act Number: 23

Act Name: The Waste-Lands (Claims) Act, 1863

Year: 1863

Enactment Date: 1863-03-10

Long Title: WHEREAS it is expedient to make special provision for the speedy adjudication of claims which may be preferred to waste lands proposed to be sold, or otherwise dealt with, on account of Government, and of objections taken to the sale or other disposition of such lands ; It is enacted as follows.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 2: Procedure in such cases.
    The Collector or other Officer as aforesaid, shall call upon the claimant or objector to produce any evidence or documents, upon which he may rely in proof of his claim or objection ; and after considering the same, and making any further enquiry that may appear proper, shall dispose of the case by an order for the admission or rejection of the claim or objection ; and if the land is proposed to be sold, for the sale of the same subject to any condition or reservation which, to such Collector or other Officer as aforesaid, shall appear to be proper. If the land is ordered to be sold subject to any condition or reservation, such condition or reservation shall be notified to intending purchasers at the time of sale.
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