Power of Minister to issue fiat for grant or lease to person having best claim

(1) Whenever the purchaser of any national land encumbers or Power of Minister disposes of his interest or purports to do so or dies intestate before completion to issue fiat for of the sale, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, complete the sale by issuing a fiat grant or lease to for a grant of the same land to the person whom the Minister considers to have person having best claim the best claim thereto. (2) Whenever the lessee of any national land dies intestate, the Minister may, if he thinks fit and after investigation, issue a 14 lease of the same land to the person whom the Minister considers to have the best claim thereto. (3) Notice of intention to issue a grant or a lease under this section shall be published in two consecutive issues of the Gazette and be posted for thirty days at the district court of the district in which the land affected is situated. (4) Notice that a grant or a lease has been issued under this section shall, as soon as practicable, be published in one ordinary issue of the Gazette.