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Small Holding Colonies

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Small holding colonies. By the (English) Small Holding Colonies Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 38) and 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 26), as amended by the (English) Land Settlement (Facilities) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 59), the Board, now Ministry, of Agriculture and Fisheries may, after consultation with the chairman of the county council, acquire by agreement a limited amount of land up to 45,000 acres in England and Wales for the purpose of providing small holding colonies with powers conferred by the Acts.

See ALLOTMENTS, and Aggs on Agricultural Holdings.

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