Tag Archives: Acquisition of Lands for Public Purposes Act

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Wednesday said his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration has a proven track record of regularising Afro-Guyanese lands, even as the opposition demanded that the administration pass legislation governing African ancestral lands. He said his administration has given land titles to more people in Linden in one year than the ...

Guyana’s National Assembly Wednesday night approved an amendment to the Acquisition of Lands for Public Purposes Act to allow for the State to immediately possess privately-owned lands after the issuance of the order and payment of 80 percent of the compensation. Attorney General, Anil Nandlall said the owners enjoy a “right of law” to be compensated at market value. He ...