Land Acquisition Act

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3 Power to enter and survey

4 Payment for damage

5 Notification that land is required for specific purposes

6 Collector to proceed to acquire after notification

7 Plan of land to be acquired

8 Notice to persons interested

9 Power to require statements as to names and interests

10 Inquiry and award by Collector

11 Award of Collector when to be final

12 Effect of failure to comply with section 7

13 Adjournment of inquiry

14 Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents

15 Matters to be considered and matters to be disregarded

16 Power to take possession

17 Power to take possession in cases of urgency

18 Notice to Registrar of Deeds and the lodging of an instrument with Registrar of Titles

20 Salaries, fees and allowances to Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner

21 Registrar of Board

22 Power to make regulations

24 Appeal deemed to be withdrawn

25 Hearing and disposal of appeals

26 Panel of assessors

27 Decision of Board

28 Member of panel and proceedings deemed to be public servant and judicial proceedings respectively

30 Case stated for Court of Appeal

31 Award to be final and conclusive

32 Costs of an appeal to Board

33 Matters to be considered in determining compensation

34 Matters to be disregarded in determining compensation

35 Rules as to amount of compensation

36 Collector may be directed to pay interest on excess compensation

37 Rules of Court applicable

38 Determination of proportions

39 Costs of apportionment to be borne by parties

40 Payment of compensation or deposit thereof with court

41 Payment of interest

42 Temporary occupation of land

43 Power to enter and take possession

44 Difference as to condition of land

45 Service of documents

46 Penalty for obstructing survey, etc., or destroying landmarks

47 Police to enforce surrender

48 Government not bound to complete acquisition

49 Acquisition of part of house or building

50 Acquisition of whole or any additional portion of land where compensation for severance is payable

51 Defraying of costs

53 Suits to set aside awards under this Act to be barred

Power to enter and survey

3.—(1) Whenever it appears to the President that land in any locality is likely to be needed for any purpose specified in section 5(1), a notification to that effect shall be published in the Gazette and the Collector shall cause public notice of the substance of the notification to be given at convenient places in that locality, and thereupon any officer either generally or specially authorised by the Minister in that behalf and any person authorised in writing by that officer may —

(a)	enter upon and survey and take levels of any land in that locality;
(b)	dig or bore into the soil;
(c)	do all other acts necessary to ascertain whether the land is suitable for such purpose;
(d)	set out the boundaries of the land proposed to be taken and the intended line of the work, if any, proposed thereon;
(e)	mark those levels, boundaries and line by placing marks and cutting trenches; and
(f)	cut down and clear away any standing crop, fence or jungle, where otherwise the survey cannot be completed, the levels taken or the boundaries or line of the work marked. [19/2007 wef 07/05/2007]

(2) No person shall enter into any building or upon any enclosed court or garden attached to a dwelling-house unless with the consent of the occupier thereof, without previously giving the occupier at least 7 days’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.

(3) A notification made under this section in respect of any land in any locality shall cease to have effect on the expiration of 12 months from the date of its publication but nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude a further exercise of the powers conferred upon the President by this section or by section 5 in respect of such land.

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