(4) If, at the end of 3 months after the day on which a resumption notice is published in accordance with subsection (2) with respect to any land—
- (a) there is no person who appears, to the satisfaction of the Collector, to have a claim to the land or to any interest in the land; or
- (b) there is such a person but that person has not exercised the person’s right to recover possession of that land by a claim,
that land is deemed forfeited to the State immediately after the end of that period of 3 months; and any grant or lease affecting, and any deed purporting to deal with, the land or any part of the land that is forfeited to the State under this section is void insofar as it relates to that land or part thereof.
(5) The Collector must cause to be published a notice that the land is forfeited to the State under subsection (4)—
- (a) in the Gazette; and
- (b) in any other manner that will secure adequate publicity for the fact of forfeiture of that land.
Limitation of claim for compensation
19. If, within a period of 6 years after the date of forfeiture of any land under section 18, any person establishes a claim to the land or to any interest in the land to the satisfaction of the Authority, that person is entitled to receive out of the Consolidated Fund any sum that the Minister may direct, which sum cannot exceed the appraised value of that land as at the date the notice mentioned in section 18(5)(a) concerning the land was published.
No adverse possession of State land
20. No State land shall be acquired by possession or unlawful occupation, and the provisions of the Limitation Act 1959 shall not apply to any action brought by the Government for the recovery of State land.
