Cap. 573 Art. 9Eviction.   Cap. 386.

(1) The competent authority may order the eviction of any person from any land and the removal therefrom of any movable property, when:

(a) it is occupied by such person without any title;

(b) it is conferred on encroachment, tolerance or other precarious title;

(c) it is still being occupied following the lapse of the time-period specified in the contract conferring the title; or

(d) although that land is being occupied by that person under a valid title, he:

(i) fails to pay at least two terms of payment that are due to the competent authority due to the occupation of land during that period;

(ii) causes damage to the land or to anything that is built on it;

(iii) doesn’t make use of the land or makes different use of that land from what has been agreed upon;

(iv) sub-lets, assigns or transfers the land without the written consent of the competent authority; or

(v) violates or fails to fulfil at least one condition which is stipulated in the contract by virtue of which the land is being occupied.

(2) The competent authority shall not need to acquire the permission of the Court as laid down in article 224 of the Companies Act to initiate or proceed with an action of eviction as referred to in this article nor shall it require such permission to initiate or proceed with a judicial action for a dissolution of emphyteusis or lease in case where there is an order for winding up or in the case where a provisional administrator is appointed.