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Power to enter land adjoining lJ.nd wher~ work is ttz pro~rus.-tt) Any officer authorised by the competent authority in thlS behalf may, with ot without assistants or workmen, enter on. any land within forty-five m~trea of any work authorised by or under this Act for the purpose of depositing thereon any soil, gravel, stone or other materials or for obtaining acces.s to such work or for any other purposes connecte-d with the carrying on of the same. (2) Any officer authorised under subsection (1) shaH, before entering on any land under subsection ( l), state the purpose thereof, and shall, if so required by the occupict or owner, fence off so much of the land as may be required for such purpose. _. (3) Any officer authorised under subsection ( 1) shall, in exercising any power conferred by this section, do as little damag~ as may he reasonably necessary c:md compensation sha ll be payable by the compr.t:cnl authority to the owner or occupict of such ]and or to both for any such damage whcthor permanent or temporary. 166