LTD: Acquisition of Ownership in Any Other Manner Provided for by Law

 

SECTION 14(4) – ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED FOR BY LAW

 

RESERVATION FOR A SPECIFIC PUBLIC PURPOSE BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION

·         The president has the authority to set aside lands from sale/public acquisition and reserve them to public use

·         The privilege of occupying lands with a view of preemption confers no contractual or vested right in the lands occupied and the authority of the President to withdraw such lands for sale or acquisition by the public, or to reserve them for public use, prior to the divesting by the government of title thereof stands, even though this may defeat the imperfect right of a settler