(1) Notwithstanding
anything contained elsewhere in this Chapter, if any person has
possessed any movable property or land owned by anyone else,
since more than three years ago in the case of the movable property
and thirty years ago in the case of the land as if the property or land
were owned by himself or herself, that person shall be deemed to
have adverse possessory right over such property or land.
Provided that:
(1) No adverse possessory right may be acquired
over a government, public, community or trust
land despite the length of the period of
possession.
(2) Where a contract or other law provides for
separate provisions in relation to any property or
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land, such provisions shall be applicable to such
property or land.
(2) If any person acquires the adverse possessory right
over any property pursuant to sub-section (1), the person may
obtain ownership over such property in his or her name.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),
if a property or land is possessed without knowledge of its owner,
secretly or forcibly, this Section shall not apply.
(4) In computing the period pursuant to this Section, it
shall be computed from the date of the commencement of this Act.