(1) A road authority may, after giving due notice to any person who may be affected thereby, apply to the Administrative Court for an order declaring that there shall vest in that road authority the ownership of—
(a) the land comprising any road within the area under the jurisdiction of that road authority; or
(b) the remaining extent of any property which consists solely of roads or former roads;
and the Administrative Court, after considering any representations or objections by any person affected, may make such order as it deems fit:
Provided that the Administrative Court shall not make an order in terms of this subsection if the land concerned has been built over or occupied by any person and the Administrative Court considers that undue hardship will be caused to the person occupying the land by vesting the ownership thereof in the road authority.
(2) Where the ownership of any road is vested in terms of this Act or any other law in the President or a road authority it shall be lawful to pass transfer of the property or any portion thereof over which that road passes, together with that road, as if the ownership of that road had not so vested in the President or road authority, as the case may be, but notwithstanding such transfer, the ownership of that road shall remain vested in the President or road authority, as the case may be.
(3) Where the ownership of a road vests in a road authority by virtue of an order made in terms of subsection (1)—
(a) the Surveyor-General and the Registrar of Deeds shall record such vesting in their records; and
(b) no compensation shall be payable by that road authority in respect thereof.