Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Payment of compensation relating [i immovable property -(1) The amount of compensation payable under an award shall, subject to any rules made under this Act, he paid by the Government to the person or persons entitled thereto in such manner and Within such time as may be specified in the award. (2) The amount of compensation payable under an award shall carry interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date- on which it is speCified as payable in the award. 10- Appeal: from awardslm respect of [DmfiEflmllOlL—(l) Any peison aggrieved by an award of the District Collector made under section 8 may, Within sixty days from the date of such award, prefer an .tppeal to the District Court within whose jurisdiction the immovable property is situate : Provided that the Dtstrict Court may enteitain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of sixty da 5, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by suiticrent cause trom filing the appeal in time. (2) On receipt of an appeal under subsection (1), the District Court shall, after such inqutry as it deems necessary, pass sucli orders on the appeal as it thinks fit. (3) An ordei of the District Court under subsection (2) shall be final. ll . Government and officers and authonlm lo haw: certainpower: of civil tour/3.— The Government or any oflicer or authority empowered by the Government under subsecnon (l) of section 17 or the Distiict Collector, while holding an inquiry under this Act, shall have all the powers ofa etvil court while trying a suit under the Code ol Civtl Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the tollowing mattu‘s, namely :— (a) summoning and rnlorci-ig the attendance of any person and examining him on oath ; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document 3 (c) reception at thdcnce on aflidaVits ; (d) requisitioning any public record from .my court or office , (c) issuing commissions for examination of witnesses. l2. Pmtuplzs and method of determining compensation in mm when moi/able property it requmnontd or fltqulffd.—\VhPrL any movable property is reqUi- sitiontd or acquired under this Act, the compensation payable therefor and the person or persons to whom it should be paid shall be determind in accordance with the rules to be made in this behalf by the Government : I 193 Provided that the rules so made for payment of compensation shall,»— (a) in respect of movable property requisitionud, provide for payment of rent or other return which the property would normally fetch if so allowed to be used ; and (b) in respect of movable property acquired, provide for payment of compensation at the market rate prevailing on the date of acquisition.