Section 62, The Sierra Leone Water Company Act, 2001

(1) The Company may acquire land for the purpose of this Act by private treaty or agreement or in any other lawful manner. (2) Where the Company is unable to acquire by private treaty or agreement the leasehold of any land in the provinces required for the purposes of this Act, the Minister responsible for Internal Affairs may authorize any person to execute in the name and on behalf of the local authority, a lease to the Company on such terms and conditions as shall appear to the Minister to be fair and reasonable, of any land which it may so require and any such lease shall, notwithstanding that any consent or approval required by section 3 of the Provinces Land Act has not been obtained, be as effective for all purposes as if it were duly granted by the local authority. [Margin: Cap 122] (3) All expenses and compensation payable in respect of land acquired by the Company under this section shall be paid by the Company. [Margin: Notice of action.]