Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any owner of a fragment may transfer it to the 39[State Government] on 40[payment by the State Government] of such compensation to persons possessing interest therein as the Collector may determine and thereupon the fragment shall vest absolutely in the 39[State Government] free from all encumbrances 41[but no such fragment shall be transferred to the State Government unless it is first offered to the owner of a contiguous survey number or recognised sub-division of a survey number on payment of the compensation determined by the Collector as aforesaid and such owner has refused to purchase the fragment on payment of such compensation]. (2) Any such fragment may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 117-B of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 43[* * *].