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Section 28 (2), The Crown Lands Ordinance, 1960
In forceThe Crown Lands Ordinance, 1960, Sierra Leone
(1) Where any land granted under this Ordinance appearsto the grantor to have been unoccupied for a period exceeding twelve
months, he may cause notice in writing to be given to the grantee
that, if within the six months next following the date of such notice
the grantee does not appear and afford proof that he intends to use
and develop the land to a reasonable extent within a reasonable time,
the land shall revert to the Crown, and all money paid in consideration
of the grant of such land shall be forfeited.
(2) Such notice shall be published in the Gazette, and a
copy thereof shall be affixed to the land, and, if the address of the
grantee is known, a copy shall be sent by registered post to such
address.
(3) If the grantee does not appear within the six months
next following the date of the publication of such notice in the Gazette,
or, if having appeared, he fails to afford reasonable proof that he
intends to use and develop the land within a reasonable time, the
grantor may by notice in the Gazette declare the land to be forfeited,
and the land shall thereupon revert to the Crown.
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