Section 12

Any area of land which has been set aside on the approved plan and specification as an open space for the purpose of a public park or a public recreation ground or for such other purposes as may be specified in the approved plan and specification shall, upon the owner being granted a new title to his land in pursuance of sections 229(1)(b) and 232(2) of the Land Code [Cap. 81 (1958 Ed.)], be vested in the Board where the land is within a special area, and in other cases in the local authority possessing jurisdiction over that area of land, on the condition that the land shall be appropriated to the purposes as indicated on the approved plan and specification.