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In force1984 Revised Edition
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Section 31

(1)

It shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council from time to time to make and publish rules not inconsistent with the general purposes of this Code.

(2)

Such rules may provide among other things for-

(i)

the fees to be paid in respect of demarcation, survey, sub-division, transfer, registration of title, or other proceedings provided for in this

Code;

(ii)

the appointment of officers under this Code and the definition of their functions;

(iii)

the sale by auction of state Jand;

(iv)

licensing or farming the right to take timber or firewood, nipah, getah, rotan, damar or other jungle produce and of licensing persons tore-move gravel, stone, coral, shell, rock, guano, sand or loam and of prescribing the payments to be made in respect thereof;

(v)

the establishment of reserves and the like;

(vi)

the maintenance and control of townships in the interests of general convenience and sanitation and the collection of rates and taxes for such purposes;

(vii)

the fixing of penalties for breaches of any rules made;

(viii)

the occupation and cultivation of state land by natives of Brunei under temporary licences;

(ix)

the prescribing of anything required to be prescribed under this Act;

( x) all other purposes whether similar or not to the above.

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Power to make rules

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Unlawful occupation, etc., of state land

Appointment of officers

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