Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 the award of the Tribunal in relation to the acquisition of land shall be V deemed to be the award of the court under the said Act. (2) Any person who does not agree to the amount of the compensation awarded by the Tribunal for the land acquired for the Board under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 or to the persons to whom it is payable or .to the appointment of the' compensation among those persons may, within sixty days from the date of the award of the Tribunal prefer an appeal to the Gauhati High Court: Provided that the High Court may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.