THE LAND LAW 271 



New Quitrents. 



Art. 62. — The consent of the Governor-General 

 being obtained thereto, lands held on quitrent may 

 be partitioned — thus forming new quitrent holdings 

 — provided that all rents and taxes shall have 

 been paid up to the date of lodging the application, 

 and also that each of the new quitrent holdings 

 shall not comprise an area of less than 5 hectares. 

 Sub-section 1. — Such division with the neces- 

 sary demarcation shall be carried out at the 

 request of the parties interested in the 

 respective concession, it being necessary to 

 join to the application therefor the conces- 

 sion title, documents showing that the 

 quitrent and taxes in respect of such 

 concession have been paid up to the date 

 of making the application, declaration of 

 the amount, if any, due under the Registra- 

 tion Tax, as w^ell as the certificate, attesta- 

 tion, declaration, and document of legal 

 capacity, as prescribed in Article 71, and 

 which may be necessary in respect of the 

 proposed new parties to the concession. 

 Sub-section 2. — Such applications and accom- 

 panying documents as prescribed in the 

 preceding Sub-section, having been handed 

 in to the Survey Department, shall at once 



