(1) An alien may apply in the prescribed form to Cabinet for a licence to hold land.
(2) Cabinet may, if it thinks fit, grant to an alien a licence to hold land as owner, or as lessee for a term of not less than 2 years, whether subject to any conditions or not.
(3) Despite subsection (2) the Minister may, where the land concerned is not more than ½ an acre, grant to an alien a licence to hold land, whether subject to certain conditions or not, but a Minister shall not under this subsection grant more than one licence to the same alien.
(4) A licence granted under this section shall be operative only in respect of the land described and as to the interest specified in the licence and shall be of no effect until the lease or a notarially certified copy of the licence is registered in the office of the Registrar of Lands.
(5) Where a condition in a licence to hold land is breached, the interest of the alien in the land shall be forfeited to the Government.