Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Fee for arbitrator.-The Board shall pay to the arbitrator a fee to be determined by the Government in respect of the whole of the scheme for which his services are utilized. M. Powers and duties of arbitrator.-( I) The a1 bitrator shall give notice of his proceedings and conduct them in the manuer prescribed by the Government and communicate his award to tlu: parties con· cerned : Provided that every party to such proceedings shall be entitled to appear before the arbitiator either in person or by llis authorized agent. (2) The arbitrator shall have all the powers of a civil court und<.. the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 19011), for the pur- pose of taking evidence on oath and of enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documc11ts and other material objects. (3) The costs of and incident to all proceedings lmfore the arbi- trator shall be in his discretiOn and the arbitrator ~lmll have full power to determme by whom or out of what property and to what extent such costs are to be paid and to give allut'cessary d1rect10ns for the purpose. fl5. Board to give notice to persons liable to paymmt of b~tterment fee.- When the amount of all betterment fees payable in respect of land m the area comprised m the scheme has been detennincd u11der section 81 or section 82, as the case may be, the Board shall, hy a notice in wliting to be served on all persons liable to such payment, fix a date by which such payment shall be made, and interest at the rate of four and a half per cent per annum upon any amount outstanding shall be payable from that date : Provided that any person liable as aforesaid may make payment, if he so chooses, in such number of equal annual in!lta\mcnls not exceed· ing ten as the Board may determine, the amount of <·ach instalment being fixed by the Board in such a manner that the total ~urn recovered from such persons is equivalent to the. amount due from him together with interest calculated at the rate of four and a half per cent per 34/4095 -' • • 42 annum on the amount or so much thereof as may, from time to time, remain unpaid.