Section 63: State lands in Port Louis

63. State lands in Port Louis (1) (a) The Municipal City Council of Port Louis shall be vested with the control and maintenance of the State land known as the Champ de Mars. (b) The Municipal City Council of Port Louis shall not sell, lease, occupy or build on the Champ de Mars without the approval of the President and shall ensure that no person occupies or builds on that land without the approval of the President. (c) The State may, at any time, on giving notice to the Municipal City Council of Port Louis, resume its full rights over the whole or any part of the Champ de Mars. (d) Any building and other property belonging to the Municipal City Council of Port Louis which, at the time of resumption of the rights referred to in paragraph (c), is to be found on the Champ de Mars, may be removed by the State. (2) (a) The Municipal City Council of Port Louis shall— (i) be vested with the control and maintenance of the 6 portions of State Land situated at Guy Rozemont Square, in Port Louis, specified in the Ninth Schedule; and (ii) provide and maintain a proper and sufficient roadway on each side of Guy Rozemont Square for the purpose of access to the former War Department property and other property situated there. (b) The Municipal City Council of Port Louis shall maintain Portion A specified in the Ninth Schedule as a roadway which shall bear the name of Decaen Street. (c) The Municipal City Council of Port Louis shall maintain Portion F specified in the Ninth Schedule as a passage to be known as Bouvet Lane so as to give free access to the former War Department property.