Section 24, The National Land Commission Act, 2022

(1) The Legal Department shall be headed by a Commissioner who shall be a legal practitioner with at least 10 years standing with proven experience on matters relating to land. (2) The Legal Department shall carry out the following Title Registry Legal (2) Notwithstanding the generality of subsection (1) the District Land Commission shall perform the following functions- (a) set up and maintain a comprehensive register of government and public lands in the district; (b) set up and maintain a customary land title registry for the district which shall contain records of rights held by communities, families and individuals to land in the district and records of land transactions in the district; (c) issue customary land title or other certificates in the appropriate form to holders of registered rights to land in the district; (d) supervise para-surveyors and specialist paralegals in the district or accredit persons wishing to operate as para-surveyors or specialist paralegals; (e) deploy para-surveyors and specialist paralegals in each chiefdom through the chiefdom land committees to train and assist communities and families undertaking land registration; (f) undertake administrative matters in the district relating to- (i) education and sensitization on environmental issues; (ii) any other functions devolved by the ministry to the localities under the law relating to local government (a) provide oral and written legal advice and opinion primarily to the Board and the Commission; (b) represent the Commission in legal or administrative proceedings in which the commission is involved; (c) procure and oversee with the approval of the Board, outside legal services as needed from time to time; assigned to it by the Board.