State Acquisition of Lands (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 1 of 1998).

This Act amends the State Acquisition of Lands Act, originally titled “Crown Acquisition of Lands Act”: in section 2 by adding definitions and by amending the definition of “public purpose”; in section 3 concerning the justification to acquire land; in section 5 concerning the Notice of intention to take land; in section 6 concerning decisions of Court regarding acquisition of land; in section 10 concerning the certificate of title; in section 13 concerning compensation for loss of rents and profits; and in section 17 concerning the effects of service of a Notice of intended acquisition.