Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) of Section 6, whenever it may appear to the Survey Officer to be desirable that the cost of all or any of the operations prescribed in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 6 shall be defrayed in the first instance by the Government, he may, with the previous sanction of the Government, in lieu of the notification prescribed in sub-section (3) of Section 6, issue a notification that such cost shall be defrayed in the first instance by the Government and may thereupon proceed with the survey of the land and apportion and charge such cost in the manner prescribed under sub-section (5) of Section 6: Provided that the cost of the operations in connection with the survey carried out in accordance with the orders passed under Section 5 shall, in the first instance, be borne by the Government and shall be charged and recovered from the applicant in case it is found on survey that no land was lost by sea erosion or action of river, and in other cases such cost shall not be recov ered.