The Land Control Act CAP. 302

Section 17 of The Land Control Act CAP. 302: Power to order attendance

(1) Where an application for consent or an appeal is before a board, the board may—
(a) require the applicant or appellant or any person interested in or affected by the application to attend before it;
(b) require the applicant or appellant to adduce evidence to its satisfaction as to the applicant’s identity and as to the ownership of the land to which the application relates;
(c) require any person to produce any document or other evidence relating to the land, and shall allow such reasonable time as it may think fit for a person to appear before it or produce a document or other evidence.

(2) A board may depute one or more of its members or appoint a representative to visit and report on any land to which the application or appeal relates.
(3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or neglects to attend before a board or to produce, within the time allowed, any document or evidence, having been required to do so under subsection (1) of this section, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings.

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