22Forfeiture for non-payment of instalments

22 Forfeiture for non-payment of instalments

(1)  Where default is made in the payment of any instalment of the purchase-money in respect of any Crown land and the default continues for a period of 60 days or more the Minister shall, unless he is satisfied that forfeiture would inflict undue hardship upon the purchaser, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that land to be forfeited to the Crown.

(2)  Before the Minister declares any land to be forfeited as provided in subsection (1) he shall –

(a) cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of his intention to declare the land to be forfeited at the expiration of 30 days from the date of the publication of the notice; and

(b) cause a copy of the notice to be served on the purchaser.

(3)  A notice under this section is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .