Section 5 of Land Acquisition Act 1894

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Section 5 of Land Acquisition Act 1894 "Payment for

damage"

The officer so authorised shall at the time of such entry pay


or tender payment for all necessary damage to be done as
aforesaid, and, in case of dispute as to the sufficiency of the
amount so paid or tendered, he shall at once refer the
dispute to the decision of the Collector or other chief
revenue-officer of the district, and such decision shall be
final.

Section 5A of Land Acquisition Act 1894 "Hearing


Objections"

(1) Any person interested in any land which has been


notified under section 4, sub-section (1) as being needed or
likely to be needed for a public purpose or for a Company
may, within thirty days from the date of the publication of
the notification, object to the acquisition of the land or of any
land in the locality, as the case may be.

(2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to


the Collector in writing, and the Collector shall give the
objector an opportunity of being heard in person or by any
person authorised by him in this behalf or by pleader and
shall, after hearing all such objections and after making such
further inquiry, if any, as he thinks necessary, either make a
report in respect of the land which has been notified under
section 4, sub-section (1), or make different reports in
respect of different parcels of such land, to the appropriate
Government, containing his recommendations on the
objections, together with the record of the proceedings held
by him, for the decision of that Government. The decision of
the appropriate Government on the objections shall be final.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be


deemed to be interested in land who would be entitled to
claim an interest in compensation if the land were acquired
under this Act.

Section 4 Publication of preliminary


notification and powers of officers of
thereupon - Land Acquisition Act 1894
What is the procedure for Publication of preliminary
notification and powers of officers of thereupon?
Section 4 of Land Acquisition Act 1894
Publication of preliminary notification and powers of officers
of thereupon are defined under section 4 of Land Acquisition
Act 1894. Provisions under this Section are:

Section 4 of Land Acquisition Act 1894 "Publication of


preliminary notification and powers of officers of
thereupon"

(1) Whenever it appears to the appropriate Government that


land in any locality is needed or is likely to be needed for any
public purpose or for a company, a notification to that effect
shall be published in the Official Gazette and in two daily
newspapers circulating in that locality of which at least one
shall be in the regional language and the Collector shall
cause public notice of the substance of such notification to be
given at convenient places in the said locality (the last of the
dates of such publication and the giving of such public notice,
being hereinafter referred to as the date of the publication of
the notification)

(2) Thereupon it shall be lawful for any officer, either


generally or specially authorised by such Government in this
behalf, and for his servants and workmen,-
to enter upon and survey and take levels of any land in such
locality ;

to dig or bore into the subsoil ;

to do all other acts necessary to ascertain whether the land


is adapted for such purpose ;

to set out the boundaries of the land proposed to be taken


and the intended line of the work (if any) proposed to be
made thereon ;

to mark such levels, boundaries and line by placing marks


and cutting trenches;

and, where otherwise the survey cannot be completed and


the levels taken and the boundaries and line marked, to cut
down and clear away any part of any standing crop, fence or
jungle :

Provided that 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 such occupier at least seven days' notice in
writing of his intention to do so.

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