Section 25: No suit to be brought to recover compensation

(1) No suit shall be brought or maintained to recover such compensation payable under section 24 of this Act, but any person who considers himself entitled to compensation, may within twelve months after the date on which the damage was caused, if no agreement has been reached between himself and the Corporation, forward to the Corporation, a request that his claim be referred to arbitration, and the claim shall be determined in the following manner-
(a) There shall be two arbitrators, one of whom shall be nominated by the Corporation and the other by the person claiming compensation;
(b) the two arbitrators so nominated, shall view the land or property in respect of which such compensation is claimed, with the object of deciding what sum should in the circumstance of the case be awarded as compensation, and, if the said arbitrators agree as to the amount, their decision shall be final:
Provided that in case of disagreement, they may and at any stage of the arbitration, refer the matter in dispute to a judge of the Federal High Court in chambers as umpire, and his decision shall be final.
(2) Where the amount of compensation, if any, is determined by the arbitrators, each party shall pay the costs incurred by him in respect of the matter of the arbitration, but if the matter in dispute is referred to the judge, the costs of and incidental to the arbitration and the inquiry by the judge shall, be at the discretion of the judge.
(3) The reference in this section to the Federal High Court, shall be construed as a reference to the Federal High Court having jurisdiction in respect of the place where the damage in question occurred.