Section 5: Sales of State land

5. Sales of State land (1) All sales of State land shall be by public auction. (2) No State land shall be sold unless it is in the public interest to do so and in exchange of another portion of land. (3) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, where the owner of a house standing on a portion of State Land, which was built as part of a housing estate commonly known as an ex-CHA Housing Estate, is willing to buy the portion of land, the Minister may sell it to him by private contract at the price of 2,000 rupees. [Issue 2] S34 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius (4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Minister may, subject to the approval of Cabinet, by private contract, sell any portion of land, including any building thereon, forming part of the 1,000 arpents of land to be transferred to Government out of the 2,000 arpents of land to be transferred by the Mauritius Sugar Producers Association (MSPA) in connection with the Government-MSPA deal signed on 22 April 2008. (5) Notwithstanding this Act, where a person holding a building site lease over a portion of State land of an extent not exceeding 422.087 square metres (10 perches), other than Pas Géométriques, on which stands a residential unit, is willing to buy the portion of land, the Minister may sell it to him by private contract at the price of 2,000 rupees. (6) (a) Notwithstanding this Act, the Minister may, subject to the approval of Cabinet, by private contract, sell any portion of land, other than Pas Géométriques, for the development of any Government approved project. (b) Where a portion of land is sold under paragraph (a), the selling price shall be not less than the open market value as the Director, Valuation and Real Estate Consultancy Services may determine or not less than such other value as Cabinet may approve. [S. 5 amended by s. 3 of Act 34 of 1989 w.e.f. 25 November 1989; s. 23 (2) of Act 48 of 1991 w.e.f. 12 March 1992; s. 3 of Act 4 of 2007 w.e.f. 7 April 2007; s. 33 (b) of Act 18 of 2008 w.e.f. 19 July 2008; s. 42 of Act 27 of 2013 w.e.f. 1 January 2014; s. 47 of Act 9 of 2015 w.e.f. 14 May 2015.]