MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (INCORPORATION) [CH.241 – 1

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (INCORPORATION) CHAPTER 241

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (INCORPORATION)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION

1. Short title. 2. Functions and powers of Minister. 3. Minister’s report to be tabled.

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (INCORPORATION) [CH.241 – 3

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– [Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS

CHAPTER 241

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (INCORPORATION)

An Act to confer upon the Minister responsible for Agriculture a corporate status with the power to hold and dispose of agricultural land.

[Assent 30th July, 1993] [Commencement 3rd August, 1993]

1. This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Agriculture (Incorporation) Act, 1993.

2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister responsible for Agriculture shall as regards his functions in relation to that responsibility be a corporation sole with power to acquire, hold, lease and dispose of agricultural land, to enter into contracts and to sue and be sued, and all property vested in him pursuant to this section shall be held by him in trust for Her Majesty in right of Her Government of The Bahamas for the purpose of the aforementioned functions.

(2) The power vested in the Minister under subsection (1) to dispose of agricultural land shall not include the power to sell agricultural hand and the power of the Minister to lease agricultural land shall, in respect of a lease for a term exceeding twenty-one years, be exercisable subject to the approval of the Governor-General.

3. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 10 of the Agriculture and Fisheries Act, the Minister shall lay upon the table of each House of Parliament before the end of April or as soon as practicable thereafter in every year a report dealing with any lease granted by the Minister in respect of agricultural land.

22 of 1993

Short title.

Functions and powers of Minister.

Minister’s report to be tabled.