the_agriclture_act_1.docVIP

CHAPTER 318 - Agriculture?Act An Act of Kenya except the former Northern Province: 1st July, 1955The former Northern Province: 18th June, 1963 An Act of Parliament to promote and maintain a stable agriculture, to provide for the conservation of the soil and its fertility and to stimulate the development of agricultural land in accordance with the accepted practices of good land management and good husbandry Part I – PRELIMINARY Short title 1.This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Act. Interpretation 27 of l959,Sch., 47 of 1960,s.2. 7 of 1962.s. 3. 25 of l963.Sch., 27 of 1963.s.11, 9 of 1967. Sch., L.N. 352/1963, L.N. 365/1964. Cap. 323. Cap. 28. Cap. 280. Cap. 281. Cap.282. Cap. 300. 2.(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— agriculture means cultivation of land and the use of land (whether or not Agricultural Appeals Tribunal means the tribunal established under Part XV; Agricultural Finance Corporation means the corporation of that name established by the Agricultural Finance Corporation Act; agricultural land means all land which is used for the purpose of agriculture, not being land which, under any law relating to town and country planning, is proposed for use for purposes other than agriculture; agricultural subcommittee means a committee established under section 27; assisted owner means a person, not being a tenant farmer, who has been granted an advance under Part XI; Central Agricultural Board means the board established by section 35; chattels has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Chattels Transfer Act; dairy produce includes— (a) milk and cream; and (b) butter, cheese and all other products of milk or cream, whether produced therefrom by manufacturing processes or otherwise; district agricultural committee means a committee established under section 22; drainage means the removal and disposal by surface drainage or sub drainage of water from land by natural, artificial or mechanical means, but d