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(1) Subject to the provisions of Part VII of this Act, when the Government or the Board of Revenue are or is satisfied after considering the report made by the Collector under sub-section (2) of Section 5 that any particular land is needed for a public purpose, a declaration shall be made to that effect under the signature of an officer competent to authenticate the orders of the Government or the Board of Revenue, as the case may be. [and different declarations may be made from time to time in respect of different parcels of any land covered by the same notification under sub-section (1) of Section 3, irrespective of whether one report or different reports has or have been made under sub-section (2) of Section 5]: [Provided that no declaration in respect of any particular land covered by a notification under sub-section (1) of Section 3 shall be made after the expiry of [three years] from the date of publication of such notification]; (2) [Every declaration] shall be published in the Gazette [or in two daily newspapers having wide circulation in the locality in which the land to which the declaration relates is situate] and shall state the district, taluk and village in which the land is situate, the purpose for which it is needed its approximate area, and, where a plan shall have been made of the land, the place where such plan may be inspected. [(3) Where no declaration under this section is made in respect of the land covered by a notification under sub-section (1) of Section 3, or any portion of such land, within the period specified in the proviso to sub-section (1) of this section, such notification, or, as the case may be, such notification in so far as it relates to the portion of the land in respect of which no declaration is made, shall be deemed to have been cancelled on the expiry of the said period]. Inserted by the Kerala Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1968. Inserted by the Kerala Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1981. Inserted by the Kerala Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1966.