Bare ActsThe ASSAM LAND (REQUISITION AND ACQUISITION) ACT, 1964

Section 10

(1) When an order of acquisition is served or taking

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(1) When an order of acquisition is served or taking. published under sub-section (2) ot section 9, the land pfs~esswn shall vest absolutely in the State Government free ~cqui~~ from all encun:ibrances on the <lat•' the order is rn under sec- rerved <'r published. tion 9. (2) The Collector may, at any time after the land becomes so vested, pr0ceecl to take posse,sion thereof. (3; On such vesting, the order passed under sub- section { l) of section Y shall be published in the official Gazette in the manner prescribed. Compensa- l l. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-~ection (2), tion. whenever any land is acquired under section 6 or section 9 there shall be paid compensation the amount of which shall be determined by the Collector. In determining the amount of compensation the Collector shall take into consideration the market value of the land for a period of five years preceding the date of i:-ublication of the notice under sub-section (1) of sec- tion 6 where the land is acquired under the said section, and where the land is acquired under section 9, from the date of passing the order under sub-section ( J·) of the said section, and the amount of compensation payable shall be on the basis of the average market value so arrived at: Provided that where any building is acquired under section 6, the compensation shall be payable at the market value of the building on the date of pc!blication of the notice under sub-section (1) thereof. (2) In the case nf land with respect to which any settlement has been made for special c1Jltivation or which is included in any grant, if such land is ·~- •' 7 lying fallow or uncultivated or is not utilisccl for the purpose fer which the grant or settle- ment was made or for the purposes incidental thereto, then the compensation payable for acquisi- tion of such land together with trees if any standing on it shall be an amount equal to ten times the annual land revenue which, on the date of publication of the notice referred to in sub-section ( 1) of section 6 or sub-section (1) of si:ction 9, is or would have been payable if such land is or had been a-;sessable to revenue at full rates: Provided that where an y amount was originally paid to Government by the grantee as price or pre- mium for the land, an additional amount equal to the amount originally paid by the grantee shall also be payable. Explanation.-"SpeCial cultivation" means cultiva- tion which involves, either owing to the nature of the crop or owing to the process of cultivation, a much larger expenditure of capital per acre than is incurred by most of the cultivators in the State, aml includes cultivation of tea. \ 3) when the com per sation has been determin ::-d under sub-secticn (l) or sub-section (2), the Collector Act I cf shall make an award in accordance with the principles

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