s.4Establishment of Land Adjudication Tribunal and appointment of officers
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Section 4Part 2 — Land Adjudication Tribunal and Officers

Establishment of Land Adjudication Tribunal and appointment of officers

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On the publication of a declaration under section 3, the Governor shall appoint a Land Adjudication Tribunal for the adjudication area. The Tribunal shall consist of an Adjudicator and two Assessors to be selected by the Adjudicator from a panel of four Assessors to be appointed by the Governor from amongst persons having local knowledge of the area. The Adjudicator shall be in charge of the adjudication, preside over the Tribunal and himself adjudicate upon and determine the matters referred to the Tribunal, but in so doing he shall consult with the Assessors comprising the Tribunal and record their opinions on local matters, customs and conditions, but shall not be bound to follow them.
The Adjudicator may appoint such Demarcators, Records Officers, Surveyors and other officers as may be necessary for performing the duties and exercising the powers imposed and conferred upon them by this Law.
The Adjudicator may issue such general or special directions as he thinks necessary to the officers appointed by him under subsection (2), and may himself perform and exercise all or any of the duties and powers given under this Law to such officers, save that of the Records Officer and save that, unless he is himself a qualified surveyor, he shall not perform the technical functions of a surveyor.
The Adjudicator shall be competent to administer oaths and take affidavits in any enquiry made by the Tribunal and to issue summonses, notices or orders requiring the attendance of such persons and the production of such documents as he may consider necessary for carrying out the adjudication.
A Demarcator or a Surveyor may, at any reasonable time, enter upon any land within the adjudication area for the purpose of demarcating or surveying any parcel therein and may summon any person who can give information regarding the boundaries of any such parcel to point out the boundaries.

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Land Adjudication TribunalAdjudicatorAssessorsDemarcatorsRecords OfficersSurveyorsadjudication area

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