State Act

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Land Revenue and Reforms Regulation 1966

146. The Chief Commissioner may, on such terms and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit,- (i) make to any person, for the cultivation of coconuts, coffee, rubber and other long-lived crops and for the construction of buildings and works to be used for the purpose of, or in connection with, such cultivation, a grant of land for any period not exceeding thirty years with an option for renewal for a like period: Period that for the cultivation of rubber crop a longer period may be specified by the Chief Commissioner with the approval of the Government; (ii) grant a licence in writing to any person to occupy any land to such extend and for such purposes as may be prescribed.