Registration on acquisition by State

Where land has been acquired by the State under this Act, the Registrar, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the General Registry Act, Cap. 327 and rules made thereunder, shall (a) in the case of unregistered land, receive and record as a deed a memorandum signed by the Minister signifying the acquisition or conveyance of the land without further proof and the memorandum shall be evidence of title in the Government to the land described therein, in fee simple absolute; (b) in the case of registered land, receive a memorandum signed by the Minister as authority to cancel the registered proprietors’ certificate of title and to issue a transfer certificate of the title in respect of the land described in the memorandum in favour of the State as registered proprietor of the land in fee simple absolute, Provided that where the entirety of a parcel of land described in a certificate of title is not acquired, the registered proprietor shall be entitled to receive a certificate of title from the portion of the land not included in the acquisition.