ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS ġ CAP. 448.  1
CHAPTER 448
ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS ACT
To provide for the administration of lands.
5th March, 2003
ACT XI of 2002.
Short title.
Act.
Interpretation.
requires the term ''land'' includes all immovable things as well as
all real rights over immovables.
Vesting of land.
the coming into force of this Act, all lands belonging to foundations
and administrations, administered by the Government separate
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 manner as other land belonging to the Government in
absolute property and may dispose of such land accordingly and
with effect from such commencement all 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
due to be made by the Government shall be a charge on the
Consolidated Fund without further appropriation other than this
Act. 
Effect on 
emphyteusis, etc.
4. 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.
Obligations tied to 
land vested in 
Government.
5. 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
such commencement, be due to be paid or made by the
Government, and any payment so due shall be a charge on the
Consolidated Fund without any further appropriation other than
this Act.
Claims.
connection with the vesting of the land referred to in this Act in the
Government shall have a right of access, by writ of summons
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against the Government, in the Civil Court, First Hall for the
determination of his interest in or right over the land and the
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.
Cap. 358.
(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 Act applies and which, had it not been for the Agreement
mentioned above, an ecclesiastical entity could claim any right of
compensation therefor, and the Joint Office and the Control
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.
