(1)Upon receipt of an application made under section 9 or 10, the committee shall, subject to this section, exercise in respect of the application all its functions under section 5.

(2)The committee shall when exercising the functions set out in section 5(1)(c) consider or take into account the question whether the customary law applicable to the land the subject of an application, to which this section applies, recognises or provides for individual ownership of land.

(3)In respect of an application made under section 9, the committee shall, when exercising the functions set out in section 5(1)(d), record whether the person or persons referred to in that paragraph are prima facie entitled to have their customary tenure converted to freehold tenure and in any case where two or more persons are prima facie entitled to convert their customary tenure to freehold tenure shall record whether they own or are entitled jointly or in common and in the latter case, the share of each.

(4)A person who holds a certificate of customary ownership shall be exempted in respect of that land from the verification described by section 5.