Bare ActsThe Kerala Land Acquisition Act, 1961 (No.21 of 1962)

Section 19

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Special pawn: m cam whm land is needed urgently—(1) In case: of urgency, whenever the Government or the District Collector, {or reasons to be recorded in writing, so direct, or directs, the Collector may, on the expiration of fifteen days from the publication of the notice mentioned in sub-section (1) ofsection 9, take possession of any land needed for a public purpose though no award has been made. Such land shall thereupon vest absolutely in the Government, free from all encumbrances : Provided that the Collector shall not take possession of any building or part ofa building under this sub-section without givmg to the OCCUpicr thereof at least three days’ notice of his intention so to do, or such longer notice as may be reasonably sufficient to enable such occupier to remove his movable property from such building Without unnecessary inconvenience. (2) In every case under sub-section (1), the Collector shall, at the time of taking possession, offer to the persons interested compensation for the standing crops and trees, if any, on such land and for any other 3/40—92 l32 damage sustained by them caused h) surh sudden tlispnssession nnrl not excepted in section 26, and, in case such oflci l§ not accepted, the value of such crops and'tiees and the amount 0! such other damage shall he allowed for in awarding compensation for the land under the piovmnns herein contained (3) In every case under sub-section (1), the Collector may, nn a request in wtiting by all the parties interested and on finmsluiig suflieient security, alter such summary enquiry as he may think fit to institute and after satisfying himself that the patties are la“ fully entitled to receive the compensation), pay a sum not exceeding fifty per cent of the pmhahle compensation that may he finally awarded in iespt-ct nl sitcl' acquisnion, pioVided that no payment shall bc made \\ht:ie theie is a dispute as regaids the person entitled to the compensation The ad\auce compensation paid uiidei this sub-section shall he athusted touards the final compensation payable under the awaid. (4) In the case of any land to which, in the opinion ortlie Government or the District Collectot, the prowsions of sub-section (l) at: applicable, the Government or the District Collector, as the case may be, may direct that thelprowsions of section 5 shall not apply, and, iftliey OI he so diiect or directs, a declaration maybcmadc undei section 6 in iespect of the land at any time after the publication of the notification under sub-section (1) of section 3. _ Part III REFERENCE TO COURT AND PROCEDURE THEREON

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