LAGOS STATE PROPERTIES PROTECTION LAW 2016

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LAGOS STATE PROPERTIES PROTECTION LAW 2016

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Interpretation

2.       Prohibition of forceful land take over.

3.       Entry by Violence.

4.       Illegal Occupation of Property.                                                             

5.       Use of Land Agents.

6.       Illegal use of Law enforcement Agent etc.

7.       Encroaching With a Weapon.

8.       Sale of Property Without Authority.

9.       Professional Misconduct.

10.     Frivolous Petitions.

11.     Demand for Fee, etc.

12.     Establishment of Task Force Unit.

13.     Power of Arrest.

14.     Jurisdiction.

15.     Citation and Commencement

LAGOS STATE PROPERTIES PROTECTION LAW

TO PROHIBIT FORCEFUL ENTRY AND ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF LANDED PROPERTIES, VIOLENT AND FRAUDULENT CONDUCTS IN RELATION TO LANDED PROPERTIES IN LAGOS STATE AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES

THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:

1.       Interpretation

In this Law unless the context otherwise requires –

“Agent” means a person who acts or purports to act on behalf of any party to a real property transaction, whether in respect of a sale, lease, license, mortgage or other dealings or disposal of or relating to the property including any person engaged for the purpose of forceful take over or sale of a landed property;

“Access” means any part of any site or building within which those properties are situated which constitutes an ordinary means of access to that property (whether or not that is its sole or primary use);

“Construction Activities” include roofing, repairs, decking, fencing and other building works, restoration or improvement on any property;

“Encroachment” means entry into another’s property without right or permission; trespass, violation, intrusion and usurpation;

“Landed property” means a property, a parcel of land, an improvement, a building, any land ancillary to a building, a site comprising of any building(s) with any land ancillary to it. “State” means Lagos State of Nigeria.

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