Note 2.—The decision of the Land Department of the Cantonal Soviet may be made, within one week, the subject of an appeal to the Land Department of the District Soviet, and the decision of the District Department may be appealed against, within a fortnight, to the Provincial Department.
Note 3.—The right to use the land (its subsoil, waters, forests and natural forces} can in no circumstances be acquired by purchase or lease or gift or inheritance or any other private transaction whatever.
PART X.
TAKING POSSESSION OF THE LAND, FOR USE.
Art. 40. The following in each individual case is the mode of taking possession of the land for use:—
Art. 41. For building purposes the right to the use of the land is made good by actual occupation of the land, or preparation for such occupation, within not more than three months after the receipt of notification from the local Soviet authority.
Note.—As actual preparation is to be regarded the collection of building material at the place of building or the conclusion of an agreement with men for the commencement of building operations at that place.
Art. 42. For farming pursuits of any semi-industrial kind without hired labour, the right to use the land is made good by actual engagement in the said pursuits at the commencement of the next agricultural season.
Art. 43. For the pursuit of agriculture, the right to till the land is made good by actual application of labour (not hired) all over the area, not later than the next agricultural season after the receipt of the notification of the Land Department of the local Soviet authority.
Note.—The construction of buildings of a permanent character on arable land is permitted with the special sanction of the Land Department of the local Soviet authority only.
Art. 44. Should it prove impossible for the user to take possession of the land allotted to him within the prescribed period, the Land Department of the local Soviet authority may grant a delay, if failure to take possession of the land has been due to serious reasons, such as illness of the labourer, natural calamity, etc.
PART XI.
TRANSFER OF THE RIGHT TO USE THE LAND.
Art. 45. The right to use the land in anyone's occupation cannot be transferred to another person.
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