STATE LANDS ACT, 1962 1(1)
AN ACT to provide for the acquisition of land in the national interest and for related matters.
Section 1 - Acquisition(1) Where it appears to the President in the public interest so to do, the President may, by executive instrument, declare the land specified in the instrument, other than land subject to the Administration of Lands Act, 1962 (Act 123), as land required in the public interest.
(2) On the making of the instrument under subsection (1), a person acting in that behalf and subject to a month’s notice in writing may enter the land for a purpose incidental to the declaration so made.
(3) Where the President is satisfied that special circumstances make it expedient that a particular land which is subject to the Administration of Lands Act, 1962 (Act 123) should be declared under subsection (1) as land required in the public interest, the President may, by executive instrument, declare that land as land required in the public interest, and the Administration of Lands Act, 1962 shall not apply to the land in respect of which an executive instrument is made in accordance with this subsection.2(2)
(4) An instrument made under this section may contain particulars in respect of the date on which the land so declared shall be surrendered and any other matter incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects of the instrument including an assessment of the compensation that may be paid.
(5) On the publication of an instrument made under this section, the land shall, without further assurance than this subsection, vest in the President on behalf of the Republic, free from any encumbrances.