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(1) Any person who is entitled to acquire pro- prietary rights in respect of any land under this Chapter may at any time after the amount of the first instalment of compensation is deposited under sub-section (2) of sec- tion 23 but before a certificate is issued to him under sub- section (3) of that section make a declaration in writing in the prescribed manner before the prescribed authority that he has abandoned his intention to acquire proprietary rights in such land. (2) Where any declaration is made under sub-section (1), the amount of the first instalment of compensation deposited by the tenant under sub-section (2) of section 23 shall be refunded to him, 1955 : Pepsu Act 13] TENANCY AND AGRICULTURAL 137 LANDS