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Section 14: If in any case in which, according to the provisions of this
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Ordinance, the Director of Surveys and Lands is authorized to enter
upon and take any land, and the owner or occupier of any such
land, or any other person, refuse to give up possession thereof, or
hinder the Director of Surveys and Lands, his workmen or servants
from entering upon or taking possession of the same, it shall be
lawful for the Governor to issue his warrant in the Form C in the
schedule hereto, or as near thereto as possible, directed to the Sheriff,
ordering him to deliver possession of the same to the Director of
Surveys and Lands, and upon receipt of such warrant the Sheriff
shall deliver possession of any such land accordingly; and the costs
accruing by reason of the execution of such warrant, to be taxed by
the Master of the Supreme Court, subject to review by the Chief
Justice, shall be paid by the person refusing to give possession or
hindering the Director of Surveys and lands, his workmen or servants
as aforesaid, and the amount of such costs shall be deducted and
retained by the Governor from the compensation, if any, then payable
by him to such person, or if the same be less than the amount of such
costs, then such costs or the excess thereof beyond such
compensation, if not paid on demand, shall be levied by distress, and
upon application to the Magistrate for that purpose, he shall issue
his warrant accordingly.
Land
injuriously
affected.
Resale of
Part of house
etc., not to be
taken.
Minister to
sell, lease,
etc., land
when public
work
abandoned, or
land is
superfluous to
requirements
Cases in
which the
owner, etc.,
refuses to give
up possession,
1204 (Cap. 116 Public Lands Public Lands (Cap. 116 1205
PART II–COMPENSATION
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