Crown Lands Act (Cap. 73)

8. Saving as to existing leases, if any, of Church Lands. Right of Crown to mines and alluvial deposits of precious metals and 9. minerals. Schedule Possession of Lands, Buildings, etc., for Military Purposes CHAPTER 73 CROWN LANDS ACT An Act relating to Crown Lands. [2nd November, 1896.]

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crown Lands Act.

2. All public lands to be vested in the Governor-General There shall henceforth be vested in the Governor-General for the public uses of Grenada— (a) all those lands referred to, whether by description or otherwise, in section 2 of Chapter 78 of the 1958 Edition of the Laws of Grenada; (b) all other lands hitherto vested in the Governor or the Governor-General for the public uses of Grenada.

3. Meaning of “Crown Lands” The lands vested in the Governor-General by section 2, and all other lands which may, from time to time, be vested in the Governor-General for the public uses of Grenada, are hereinafter called Crown Lands.

4. Grants, sales and leases of Crown Lands Subject to section 6(1) of the National Parks and Protected Areas Act the Governor-General may, from time to time, grant, sell, exchange or lease any of the Crown Lands, or any right or easement in or over them or any of them, for such price or consideration or rent, and for such estate or term of years, and on such conditions and with such reservations, if any, as he or she may think reasonable.

5. Proceeds to be paid into Treasury All monies received in respect of any such grant, sale, exchange or lease shall be paid into the Treasury.

6. Rules for management, etc., of Crown Lands The Governor-General may make rules for the management of the Crown Lands, for the sale or letting thereof, for the prevention of squatting and encroachment thereon and of spoil and injury to the woods thereon.

7. Crown may resume possession for military purposes It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to resume the possession of the lands, buildings and premises, or any part thereof, specified in the Schedule for military purposes whenever Her Majesty is advised that it is required for the public safety and defence of Grenada; but it shall not be obligatory on the part of the Government to maintain the said buildings or to incur any expense in respect thereof in case of possession being so resumed.

8. Saving as to existing leases, if any, of Church Lands Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the rights, if any, of existing leases of Church Lands.

9. Right of Crown to mines and alluvial deposits of precious metals and minerals All mines of gold or silver, and all other precious metals and minerals, and all precious metals existing in the form of alluvial deposits, in, on or under any land in Grenada shall be and the same are hereby reserved to the sole use and benefit of the Crown, with full right at all times to enter and inspect the same, and for those purposes or any of them to enter upon the lands, subject to such compensation for any injury done to or upon the surface, or to any building standing thereon, as may be determined by two arbitrators, of whom one shall be appointed on behalf of the Crown, and the other by and on behalf of the private party, if any, interested in the lands. The arbitrators shall, before they enter on the matter referred to them, appoint in writing an umpire to decide on any matter on which they may differ, whose decision shall be final. Schedule CROWN LANDS ACT Possession of Lands, Buildings, etc., for Military Purposes [Section 7.] All the premises reserved or appropriated for the public defence and safety of Grenada, with the buildings thereon. All the pieces of land and buildings lately used as commissariat stables, bounded on the north by lands late of Eliza Campbell and others, on the south by lands late of David William Gibbs, east by Monckton Street, and on the west by the Gaol. All the premises called or known as Fort George, with the appurtenances. All the premises called or known as Hospital Hill, with the appurtenances.