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Restoration of possession of lands in certain cases.-(1) Where the person in possessiOn of a plantatwn considers that any land, the possessiOn of wh1ch has vested m the Govern- ment under sub-sectwn (1) of sectiOn 3,- (a) IS necec;sary for any purpose ancillary to the cultivatwn of plantation crops m such plantatiOn or for the preparation of the same for the market , or (b) bemg agricultural land interspersed w1thm the boundanes of the area culttvated w1th plantatwn crops, is necessary for the protection and efficient management of such cultivation; or (c) 1s neces!;aiy for the preservation of an ex1stmg plantation, he may, wtthin stxty days from the date of pul.Jhcalion of this Act m the Gazette, apply to the Land Board for the restoration of possesston of such land. (2) An apphcatwn under sub-sectwn (1) shall be m such form as may be prE.scnbed (3) On receipt of an apphcahon under sub-sectwn (1}. 1 he Land Board shall, after gtvmg the applicant an oppor- t umty of bemg heard and after such mqUiry as 1t deems neces~ary, by order detet mine the extent of land necessary for the purpose or purposes specified m the application, and ·.\.ch order shall he fin31. (4) As soon as may be after determmmg the extent of land necessary for the purpose or purposes specified in the appltcatwn under sub-sr:ctJon (1}. the Land Board shall cause -.uch land to be demarcated and put the applicant m posses- <>ton of such land (5) Any person put m possessiOn of any land under ub-sectwn (4) shall be entitled to possess that land on the · une tetms and subject to the same conditions on or subJecL to which he was holdmg such land ImmedJately before the .1ppomted day • 5 T<'mpm·ary aJ rangements pending durmH the penod after the appomted day restoration.-If, and before the 16 restoration of possession of any land under section 4, the Collector 1s sat1sfied on representatiOn or otherwtse that the person 111 possession of a plantation 111 any area to whtch thts Act applies 1s likely to be put to hardshtp in the management of the plantatiOn on account of the vestmg of possessiOn of any land under sub-section (1) of sectwn 3, the Collector shal' take such measures and make such arrangements as he de~ms --{ fit for removing the hardship dunng such penod · Prov1ded that If the person m possessiOn of the planta- tion does not apply to the Land Board undet· section 4, or the Land Board determmes under that sectiOn that such person is not entttled to restoratwn of possessiOn of any land, any arrangement· 1f already made by the Collector shall be discontinued w1th eftect from the date on whtch the penod for makmg the apphcatwn exp1res or the date of determ.na- twn by the Land Board, as the case may be. 6 Demarcation nf boundaries.-(!) As soon as may 'be after the appomted day, the Collector shall cause the boundanes of each parcel of land, the possessiOn of whtch has vested m the Government under sub-sechon (1) of sectwn 3, to be demarcated (2) As soon as may be after the clemarcahon of the boundanes of a parcel of land under sub-sectiOn (1), the Collector shall publ1:;h a notification m such manner as rr.ay be prescnb.:d specJfy1'1g the extent, tdenltty and such other parttculars as may be prescnbed of such land (3) Where the possessiOn of a portwn of a parcel of land JS restored under sectiOn 4, or the alteratwn of the boundanes of a parcel of land ts necessary consequent on the order of the Land Board under sectwn 7, the Collector shall cause the bounddnes of the remammg portion of <>uch parcel of land or such parcel of land, as the case may be, to be re- demarcated and shall also publish a nollficatwn of such re-demarcatwn under sub-sectwn (2)