Expropriation Act

Marginal note:Warrant for possession

• 38 (1) When the Minister, or a person acting for the Minister, is prevented from entering on or taking physical possession or making use of any land to the extent of any interest expropriated under this Part, a judge of the Court or any judge of a superior court of a province may, on proof of the expropriation and, when required, of the right of the Crown to take physical possession or make use thereof, and after notice to show cause given in such manner and to such persons who shall be parties to the proceedings as the judge prescribes, issue his warrant in accordance with the form set out in the schedule to the appropriate sheriff directing him to put the Minister, or a person authorized to act for him, in physical possession of the land to the extent of the interest expropriated.

• Marginal note:Execution of warrant

  (2) The sheriff shall forthwith execute a warrant issued to him under this section and shall make return of the warrant to the court to which the judge who issued it belongs, and of the manner in which it was executed.