Cap. 573 Art. 36Methods of transfer.

(1) The authority may acquire any land required for any public purpose, either:

(a) by the absolute purchase thereof; or

(b) for the possession and use thereof for not more than ten years.

(2) The authority can acquire part of a land by absolute purchase and part of it by possession and use.

(3) Where the land is to be acquired on behalf and for the use of a third party for a purpose connected with or ancillary to the public interest or utility, the acquisition shall, in every case, be by the absolute purchase of the land.

(4) No land shall be acquired any more by public tenure and all those lands which are held by public tenure shall be acquired by absolute purchase or by possession and use as laid down in the Act or else be relinquished to the owner.