(1) On or after publication of an order made under section 3, the Minister shall appoint an adjudication officer for the adjudication area, and the adjudication officer may appoint such demarcation officers, recording officers and survey officers as may be necessary for performing the duties and exercising the powers imposed and conferred upon them by this Act.
(2) The adjudication officer shall be in charge of the adjudication and may issue such general or special directions as he or she thinks necessary to the officers appointed by him or her under subsection (1), and may himself or herself perform and exercise all or any of the duties and powers given under this Act to the officers appointed by him or her.
(3) The adjudication officer shall be competent to administer oaths and take affidavits on any enquiry made by him or her and to issue summonses, notices or orders requiring the attendance of such persons or production of such documents as he or she may consider necessary for carrying out the adjudication.
(4) The demarcation officer or survey officer may at any reasonable time enter upon any land within the adjudication area for the purpose of demarcating or surveying any parcel therein and may summon any person who can give information regarding the boundaries of any such parcel to point out the boundaries.
(5) For the purpose of section 20 the Minister shall appoint a Land Adjudication Tribunal which shall consist of—
(a) a chairperson who is a legal practitioner of not less than 10 years standing;
(b) one member who is a surveyor licensed under the Land Surveyors Act; and
(c) one member who is an experienced agriculturist.
(6) In the event of any vacancy occurring in the office of any member of the Tribunal whether through death, resignation or otherwise the vacancy so occurring shall be filled in the same manner as that in which the appointment to the said office is required by this Act to be made. (Amended by Act 19 of 1988)
(7) If any member of the Tribunal is temporarily prevented by illness or some other cause from exercising his or her function as a member of the Tribunal, the Minister may appoint some other person to act in that member's place for the period of such illness or incapacity. (Amended by Act 19 of 1988)