LAND ACQUISITION ACT 1969 - SECT 13

LAND ACQUISITION ACT 1969 - SECT 13

13—Notice that land is subject to acquisition

        (1)         This section applies only in respect of land that—

            (a)         has not been brought under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1886 ; and

            (b)         is not native title land.

        (2)         Where a notice of intention to acquire land has been served upon any person, that person shall not enter into any transaction in respect of the subject land without first disclosing the fact that the notice of intention to acquire the land has been served upon him.

        (3)         If any contract or agreement in relation to the land is entered into without disclosure as required by subsection (2) of this section, the contract or agreement shall be voidable at the option of the person to whom disclosure should have been made.

        (4)         The Authority may lodge a copy of a notice of intention to acquire land at the General Registry Office and may, by instrument in writing served upon any person, require him to deliver up to the Registrar any instrument evidencing his interest in the subject land.

        (5)         If a person upon whom a notice has been served under subsection (4) of this section, fails, without reasonable excuse, to deliver up within the time specified in the notice, any instrument that he is required by the notice to deliver up to the Registrar, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty, not exceeding one hundred dollars, and whether or not he is convicted of an offence under this subsection, he shall not be entitled to receive any compensation until the instrument has been delivered up to the Registrar.