Cap. 296 Art. 16Registration of certain rights.

(1) The Minister may, from time to time, by order in the

Gazette, direct that the rights referred to in any of the paragraphs of article 43(1)(a) to (l) shall be declared to the registrar, whether the land subject to such rights is or is not in a registration area and whether such land is registered or not.

(2) The Minister may make such order either:

(a) with reference to particular areas which shall be defined by reference to a map or maps included in the order or in such other manner as he may deem appropriate; or

(b) with reference to any person or group of persons whose land is subject to any right referred to in sub-article (1); or

(c) with reference to any person or group of persons in whose favour or in favour of whose land any right referred to in sub-article (1) exists.

(3) The Minister may in any such order direct that such declaration shall be made within a period to be fixed in the order, which period shall in no case be less than three months.

(4) The declaration referred to in sub-article (1) shall be made on such form issued by the registrar as is provided in article 5(1) and shall be accompanied by such information and documents as the registrar may require.

(5) The registrar shall keep a roll of, or otherwise enter in the register, the declarations made in pursuance of sub-article (1).

(6) The Minister may in any such order provide that any person in whose favour any right declared to the registrar has been transferred shall, within fifteen days from such transfer, give notice thereof to the registrar on such form issued by the registrar as is provided in article 5(1); and the registrar shall note such transfer in the manner provided in sub-article (5).

(7) The provisions of article 15(5), (6) and (7) shall mutatis mutandis apply to an order made by the Minister under this article.