Act 16
Land Act
1998
(a) a reasonable fee to the owner or occupier of the land
for every day that the land is encamped upon under
this section and any such fee shall include payment
for any produce or other things taken from the land
with the permission of the owner or occupier;
(b) for all damage caused to the land or any thing attached
to or forming part of the land or any moveable
property on the land or any thing wrongly taken
away from. the land by the actions of any person
encamped upon the. land under this section, and an
owner or occupier may appeal to the District Land
Tribunal against any failure by the Government to
comply with the provisions of this section.
(4) A person who, being the occupier of any land,
refuses to allow a person to exercise a right conferred upon him
or her by subsection ( 1) of this section or wilfully interfers with
or obstructs the exercise of any such right, commits an offence
and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five currency
points or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.
(5) This section shall not apply to the encampment of
any authorised security forces.
74. ( 1) Where it is necessary to execute public works on any
land, an authorised undertaker shall enter into mutual agreement
with occupier or owner of the land in accordance with this Act, and
where no agreement is reached, the Minister may, compulsorily
acquire land in accordance with section 43 of this Act.
(2) Where under subsection (1) of this section, an
authorised undertaker executes public works upon or takes stone,
murram or similar material from the land, the authorised
undertaker shall have over the land such rights of access and
other rights as may be reasonably necessary for the execution,
construction, and maintenance of the works or, as the case may
be, the taking of the material and the land shall be deemed to be
subject to those rights whether or not they have been registered
under the Registration of Titles Act.
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Execution
of public
works.
Cap. 205.
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