Section 7: Abandonment

7. Abandonment (1) Where any land in relation to which a notice under section 6 (1) has been published is not to be acquired compulsorily, the Minister may, at any time after the publication of the notice, declare by a fresh notice published in the Gazette that the intended acquisition of the land is abandoned. (2) Where, within 8 months after the date of the second publication of a notice in the Gazette under section 6 (1), the land has not been acquired compulsorily or has been abandoned, any interested person may serve a [Issue 1] L3 – 4 Revised Laws of Mauritius notice on the authorised officer requiring the acquisition of the land to be completed or abandoned. (3) Where a notice has been served under subsection (2) and the land to which it relates has not been acquired compulsorily within one month of the date of that notice, the intended acquisition shall be deemed to have been abandoned.