Relevant Provisions of the Land Code Pertaining To Land Acquisition of Native Communal Reserve Land

Section 6 (1)

The Minister may by order signified in the Gazette declare any area of State Land to be a Native Communal Reserve for the use of any community having a native system of personnel law.

And may, by such order or by subsequent order, declare that customary law of such community in relation to the acquisition, transfer and transmission of rights and privileges in or over land, and in any building or other structure erected therein, shall apply with such modification as may be specified or provided for in any such order."

Section 6 (4)

If the Minister is satisfied that any part of any area comprised in any declaration under subsection (1) is no longer required as a Native Communal Reserve and that this subsection may be applied without causing injustice or oppression, he may by order signified in the Gazette declare that such part shall cease to form part of such Native Communal Reserve.