Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Ss. 1-4 | 
					
						13 October 1933 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Ss. 5-11  | 
					
						6 February 1934 | 
					Order Fixing The Appointed Day For The Purposes of Part II of the Land Act, 1933 (S.I. No. 12 of 1934) | 
				
			
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						Ss. 12-54 | 
					
						13 October 1933 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						S. 3 fees for an application of a service prescribed | 
					S.I. No. 261 of 2012 | 
					
			
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					S.I. No. 260 of 2012 | 
					
			
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						S. 3(1) appl. | 
					13/1946, s. 5(2) | 
					
			
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					25/1949, s. 7(2) | 
					
			
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						S. 3(1), subsec. substit. | 
					24/2005, ss. 9, 13(3) | 
					
			
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						S. 3(1) (2) ext. | 
					41/1936, s. 2 | 
					
			
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					26/1939, s. 3(1) | 
					
			
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					16/1950, s. 3(1) | 
					
			
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					18/1953, s. 2(1) | 
					
			
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					2/1965, s. 2(1) | 
					
			
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						S. 6 rep. | 
					16/1950, s. 12(11) | 
					
			
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						S. 7(1) am. prosp. | 
					16/1950, s. 14(2)(b) | 
					
			
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						S. 7(2)-(5) rep. prosp. | 
					16/1950, s. 14(2)(b) | 
					
			
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						S. 7(7) appl. | 
					13/1946, s. 5(3) | 
					
			
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						S. 11 rstrct. | 
					26/1939, s. 39(7) | 
					
			
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						Pt. 3 (ss. 12-27) rstrct. | 
					41/1936, ss. 16, 37(5)(e), 40(3)(f) | 
					
			
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					26/1939, s. 46(1) | 
					
			
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					25/1949, s. 3(5) | 
					
			
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					2/1965, s. 7 | 
					
			
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						S. 16(2) rstrct. | 
					41/1936, s. 8(3) | 
					
			
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						S. 18 am. | 
					26/1939, ss. 26-28 | 
					
			
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						S. 19 am. | 
					18/1953, s. 21 | 
					
			
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						S. 22 rstrct. | 
					41/1936, s. 15(1), (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 27 (3) appl. | 
					11/1934, s. 7(6) | 
					
			
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					26/1939, s. 34 | 
					
			
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						S. 28, limitation of warrants. | 
					6/1957, s. 29 | 
					
			
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						S. 28, operations validated. | 
					41/1936, s. 17(2), (3) | 
					
			
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						S. 28(4A), subsec. ins. | 
					24/2005, ss. 6, 13(3) | 
					
			
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						S. 29 appl. | 
					41/1936, s. 38(3)(a) | 
					
			
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						S. 29(1) rstrct. | 
					41/1936, s. 28 | 
					
			
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						S. 29(1) am. | 
					2/1965, s. 34 | 
					
			
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					24/2010, ss. 1(2), 168 & schedule, pt. 3, item 2 | 
					
			
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						S. 29(5) rep. | 
					41/1936, s. 25(5) | 
					
			
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						S. 30 am. | 
					18/1953, s. 9 | 
					
			
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						S. 30(1) ext. | 
					41/1936, s. 30(1) | 
					
			
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						S. 30(2)-(5) appl. | 
					41/1936, s. 30(2) | 
					
			
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						S. 30(7)(da) ins. | 
					24/2005, ss. 7(a), 13(3) | 
					
			
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						S. 30(15) am. | 
					24/2005, ss. 7(b), 13(3) | 
					
			
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						S. 31 rep. | 
					26/1939, s. 39(8) | 
					
			
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						S. 32 am. | 
					2/1965, s. 35 | 
					
			
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						S. 32 appl. | 
					41/1936, s. 38(3)(b) | 
					
			
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						S. 32 (2) am. | 
					16/1950, s. 30(21) | 
					
			
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						S. 33 rep. | 
					16/1950, s. 30(1) | 
					
			
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						S. 34, appeal from oo. | 
					41/1936, s. 39(3), (4) | 
					
			
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						S. 36 rep. | 
					41/1936, s. 40(1) | 
					
			
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						S. 37 appl. and saved. | 
					16/1950, s. 24(1), (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 37 (1) am. | 
					16/1950, s. 24 | 
					
			
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						S. 38 ext. | 
					41/1936, s. 13 | 
					
			
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					26/1939, s. 36(1) | 
					
			
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						S. 38, powers of Land Commn. saved. | 
					41/1936, s. 14 | 
					
			
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						S. 42(6), powers of Land Commn. saved. | 
					41/1936, s. 43(h) | 
					
			
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						S. 42(7) am. | 
					41/1936, s. 43(f) | 
					
			
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					26/1939, s. 37(2) | 
					
			
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						S. 42(11), cesser of appointments. | 
					18/1953, s. 18(3) | 
					
			
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						S. 44 am. | 
					2/1965, s. 36 | 
					
			
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						S. 44 constr. | 
					26/1939, s. 31 | 
					
			
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						S. 46 am. | 
					41/1936, s. 23(2) | 
					
			
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						S. 48 rep. | 
					16/1964, ss. 2, 5 & sch. | 
					
			
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						S. 49 am. as to tithe-rent charges. | 
					26/1939, s. 29 | 
					
			
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						S. 52 am. | 
					2/1965, s. 37 | 
					
			
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					24/1984, s. 11 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						S. 3 | 
					Land Purchase Acts Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 260 of 2012) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 253 of 1984) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rules of 1974 (S.I. No. 216 of 1974) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts (S.I. No. 147 of 1965) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rules 1964 (S.I. No. 230 of 1964) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rules 1960 (S.I. No. 20 of 1960) | 
				
			
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					Land (Finance) (No. 2) Rules 1956 (S.I. No. 335 of 1956) | 
				
			
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					Land (Finance) Rules 1956 (S.I. No. 83 of 1956) | 
				
			
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					Rules and Orders Under The Land Act, 1933 (S.I. No. 50 of 1951) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts 1923 To 1946 (S.I. No. 124 of 1947) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rules 1945 (S.I. No. 40 of 1945) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rule 1942 (S.I. No. 70 of 1942) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rule 1940 (S.I. No. 292 of 1940) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rules 1939 (S.I. No. 341 of 1938) | 
				
			
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					Land Purchase Acts Rules 1936 (S.I. No. 361 of 1936) | 
				
			
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					Land (Finance) Rules 1934 (S.I. No. 25 of 1934) | 
				
			
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					Rules and Orders Under Section 3 of the Land Act, 1933 (S.I. No. 18 of 1934) | 
				
			
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						S. 5 | 
					Order Fixing The Appointed Day For The Purposes of Part II of the Land Act, 1933 (S.I. No. 12 of 1934) | 
				
			
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						S. 7 | 
					Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1947 (S.I. No. 159 of 1947) | 
				
			
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					Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1944 (S.I. No. 113 of 1944) | 
				
			
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					Appeal Tribunal Rules (S.I. No. 26 of 1934) | 
				
			
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						S. 28(3) | 
					County Registrars (Land Commission) Regulations 1934 (Amendment) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 52 of 1955) | 
				
			
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					County Registrars (Land Commission) Regulations 1934 (S.I. No. 16 of 1934) |