Section 5: Compulsory acquisition

5. Compulsory acquisition (1) Subject to section 6, where the Minister has decided to acquire compulsorily any property either on behalf of Government or on behalf of another person under section 3 and he is satisfied that— (a) it is not possible or expedient to acquire the property by private agreement; and (b) the conditions of section 8 of the Constitution are fulfilled, he shall serve a notice on the owner of the property and give notice to that effect in 2 issues of the Gazette and in 2 issues of 2 daily newspapers, there being in each case an interval of at least 7 days between the first and second publications. (2) A notice published under this section shall— (a) describe the property with precision; (b) state the purpose for which the property is being acquired; (c) in the case of an acquisition under section 3, state the name, address and occupation of the person for whom the property is being acquired; and B15 – 3 [Issue 1] Bus Industry Property Acquisition Act (d) require every interested person to give the authorised officer, within 14 days of the second publication of the notice in the Gazette, a written declaration of the nature of his interest in the property and of the amount and details of his claim for compensation.