Administration of Estates Act, 1965
R 385
Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996 (Act No. 3 of 1996)Chapter III : Acquisition of ownership or other rights in land by labour tenant24. Failure to pay compensation |
| (1) | If the applicant does not make any payment due in terms of section 23, the owner of the affected land may give the applicant written notice to make such payment. |
| (2) | If the applicant fails to make the payment within three calendar months of receipt of the notice referred to in subsection (1), the owner of the affected land may apply to the Court for an order to declare the previous order of the arbitrator or the Court null and void. |
| (3) | The Court may, after hearing an application in terms of subsection (2), make such order as it deems just and equitable: Provided that the previous order made by the arbitrator or the Court shall not be declared null and void unless the owner of the affected land and any other person who has received compensation from the applicant in respect of the affected land has paid or has given security for the payment of the amounts which he or she has received from the applicant and the Minister, respectively. |
