Government Lands Act (Cap. 573)

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1. Art. 1 Short title.
2. PART I
3. Art. 2 Definitions.   Cap. 490.  Cap. 563.  Cap. 563.     Cap. 12.  Cap. 16.       Cap. 363.    Cap. 16.  Cap. 69.  Cap. 199.
4. PART II
5. Art. 3 Lands Authority. Cap. 563.
6. Art. 4 Land held by the Malta Industrial Parks Limited and the Housing  Authority. Cap. 169.  Cap. 261.
7. Art. 5 Transfer of functions and duties.
8. Art. 6 Applicability of certain articles of the Code of Organization and  Civil Procedure. Cap. 12.
9. Art. 7 Competent authority’s power to request information.
10. Art. 8 Penal provisions.
11. Art. 9 Eviction.   Cap. 386.
12. Art. 10 Decision for eviction.
13. Art. 11 Unknown identity of the evictee. Absentee.       Cap. 530.
14. Art. 12 Effects of the decision of eviction.
15. Art. 13 Hearing before the Administrative Review Tribunal. Cap. 563.
16. Art. 14 Appeal.  Cap. 563.
17. Art. 15 Suspended decision for eviction.
18. Art. 16 Powers of the Administrative Review Tribunal and of the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction).
19. Art. 17 Execution of eviction.    Cap. 12. Cap. 16. Cap. 9.
20. Art. 18 Removal of movable property.
21. Art. 19 Costs related to the eviction.   Cap. 563.
22. Art. 20 Power to sell movable property.
23. Art. 21 Dissolving a lease of a premises for public purpose.
24. Art. 22 Eviction period.
25. Art. 23 Right of compensation when the lease of a premises has been dissolved.  Cap.16.    Cap. 16.    Cap. 563.
26. Art. 24 Dissolution of lease or failure to renew lease of agricultural land.    Cap. 199.
27. Art. 25 Right of compensation when the lease is dissolvedorfailure to renew a lease of agricultural land.
28. Art. 26 Where the dissolution or non- renewal is made in respect of only a part of agricultural land leased.
29. Art. 27 Vesting of land in Government.
30. Art. 28 Effect on emphyteusis, etc.
31. Art. 29 Obligations tied to land vested in Government.
32. Art. 30 Claims.  Cap. 358.
33. PART III
34. Art. 31 Methods of transfer.          Cap. 396.             Cap. 432.          Cap. 432.
35. Art. 32 Right of first refusal.
36. Art. 33 Transfers which are not held in accordance with this Act shall be null and void.  
37. Art. 34 Disposal not in accordance with this Act to constitute offence.
38. Art. 35 Termination of emphyteusis.
39. PART IV
40. Art. 36 Methods of transfer.
41. Art. 37 Preliminary investigation.
42. Art. 38 Declaration by the authority that land is required for public purpose.
43. Art. 39 Content of that Declaration.
44. Art. 40 Notice of Declaration.
45. Art. 41 Contestationonthe public purpose.
46. Art. 42 Appeal before the Court of Appeal.    Cap. 12 Hearing.
47. Art. 43 Erasure of the Declaration.
48. Art. 44 Issuance of a new Declaration.
49. Art. 45 Effects of the Declaration.
50. Art. 46 Part of a house.
51. Art. 47 Portion of building site.
52. Art. 48 Portion of land.
53. Art. 49 Valuation of land not being a building site.
54. Art. 50 Building sites.
55. Art. 51 The amount of compensation can be settled by an agreement.
56. Art. 52 Deposit for compensation.
57. Art. 53 Effects of deposit.     Cap. 296.
58. Art. 54 The right of compensation is an immovable right.
59. Art. 55 Contestation regarding the compensation established in the Declaration.
60. Art. 56 Land Arbitration Board.       Cap. 390.  Cap. 12. Cap. 12.
61. Art. 57 Oathtobetakenby chairman and members of the Panel.  
62. Art. 58 Powers of the Board.    Cap. 12.  Cap. 12.
63. Art. 59 Members’ report.
64. Art. 60 Questions to be decided by the chairman as a judge.
65. Art. 61 Assessment of compensation.      Cap. 158.
66. Art. 62 Payment for compensation.
67. Art. 63 An action for revocation of a Declaration in a situation where the land has not been acquired.
68. Art. 64 Landthatissubject to a Declaration without a notice of the agreement.      Cap. 158.
69. Art. 65 Landthatissubject to a Declaration and notice of agreement but has  not been acquired. Cap. 88.      Cap. 158.          Cap. 158.
70. Art. 66 Interests.       Cap. 158. Landoccupiedby competent authority without Declaration.
71. Art. 68 Land occupied by public tenure.
72. Art. 69 Land occupied by use and possession for more than ten years.
73. Art. 70 Ecclesiastical property. Cap. 358.
74. Art. 71 Clearance rights.
75. Art. 72 Right to order temporary evacuation of land.
76. Art. 73 Costs.
77. Art. 74 Appeal.  Cap. 12.
78. Art. 75 Registration.
79. Art. 76 Penalty for obstruction.
80. Art. 77 Rules.
81. Art. 78 Pending proceedings.
82. PART V
83. Art. 79 Estimate costs of experts.   Cap. 12.
84. PART VI
85. Art. 80 Proceedings.
86. PART VII
87. Art. 81 Judicial terms.  S.L. 12.09
88. PART VIII
89. Art. 82 Transitory Provision.  Cap. 12. Cap. 16. Cap. 169.   Cap. 199. Cap.228.  Cap.268.  Cap. 121. Cap. 448.