Section 37, **The Sierra Leone Housing Corporation Act, 1982** [Margin: Short title.]

(1) When the Corporation is unable to acquire by private treaty or agreement any land in the Western Area required for the purposes of this Act the Minister may order proceedings to be taken for the compulsory acquisition of such land in accordance with the provisions of the Public Lands Act for public work within the meaning of that Act, any land so acquired shall be vested in the Corporation by a certificate under the hand of the Minister describing the land and stating it is so vested. [Margin: Acquisition of Land.] [Margin: Cap. 116.] (2) When the Corporation 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 of the Interior may authorise any person to execute in the name and on behalf of the Chiefdom Council in whose Chiefdom such land lies, a lease of such land to the Corporation on such terms and conditions as shall appear to him to be fair and reasonable, 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 the said lease had been duly granted by the Chiefdom Council. [Margin: Cap. 122.] (3) All expenses and compensation payable in respect of the acquisition of land acquired for the Corporation under this section shall be paid by the Corporation. PART XI—OFFENCES