ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS ACT *

ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

CHAPTER 448

ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS ACT *

To provide for the administration of lands.

5th March, 2003

ACT XI of 2002 , as amended by Legal Notices 181 and 186 of 2006 .

The short title of this Act is the Administration of Lands

Act.

For the purpose of this Act unless the context otherwise

requires the term ''land'' includes all immovable things as well as

all real rights over immovables.

Subject to the other provisions of this Act, with effect from

the coming into force of this Act, all lands belonging to foundations

and administrations, administered by the Government s

e p a r a t e from the administration of other land belonging to the

Government shall vest in the Government and the Government

shall deal with and administer the land so vested in it in virtue of

this Act in the same m anner as o ther land belonging t o the

Government in absolute property and may dispose of such land

a c c o r d i n g l y a n d w i t h e ff e c t f r o m s u c h c o m m e n c e m e n t a l l

liabilities of or due in connection with such administration shall

become liabilities of or due to the Government by virtue of this

Act and any payment so d u e t o b e m a d e b y t h e G o v e r n m e n t

s h a l l b e a c h a r g e o n t h e Consolidated Fund without further

appropriation other than this Act.

Without prejudice to any consolidation of the directum

dominium with the utile dominium happening on the vesting of the

land as provided in article 3, the provisions of that article shall not

affect any emphyteusis or lease granted in respect of such land or

any easement to which such land may be subject, and any such

emphyteusis or lease shall for all purposes, be deemed to have been

granted by the Government and be treated accordingly.

With effect from the commencement of this Act, any

burthen or charge to which any of the land referred in article 3 may,

before the commencement of this Act, be subject to, and any other

payment or performance that may, before the date aforesaid, be due

in respect of any such assets, shall by virtue of this Act, cease to

be such a burthen or charge on, or a payment or performance due

in respect of any such land and any sum or other thing or act

which but for the provisions of this article would have been due to

be paid immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall

as from s u c h c o m m e n c e m e n t , b e d u e t o b e p a i d o r m

a d e b y t h e Government, a nd a ny p ayment so due s hall b e a

c h a rg e o n t h e Consolidated Fund without any further

appropriation other than this Act.

*Repealed by Act XVII of 2017.

ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

(1)Any person claiming a right of compensation in

connection with the vesting of the land referred to in this Act in

the Go ve rnm en t sh all h av e a rig ht o f ac ce ss, b y sw or n a pp li

ca ti on against t he G overnment, i n the Civil Court, First Hall

for t he determination o f his interest in o r right o ver the land

a nd t he amount of any compensation to which he may be entitled

and for the payment of such compensation.

(2) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from the

decision of the Civil Court First Hall.

(3) No action under this article may be filed after the lapse of

six months after the coming into force of this Act.

(4) All the provisions of the Agreement incorporated in

the Ecclesiastical Entities (Properties) Act shall apply with regard

to any land which immediately prior to the coming into force of

this Act belonged to any foundation or administration in whose

regard this A ct a pplies a nd w hich, had it not b een for t he A

greement mentioned above, an ecclesiastical entity could claim any

right of compensation therefor, and the Joint Of fice a nd t he

C o n t r o l Committee established by the said Agreement shall

continue to have in respect of the land mentioned in this subarticle

the same functions as they have with respect to any other land

mentioned in or to which the said Agreement applies.