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(1) Any person interested in any land which has been notified under Section 4, sub-section (1), as being needed or likely to be needed for a public purpose or for a Company may, [within thirty days from the date of the publication of the notification], object to the acquisition of the land or of any land in the locality, as the case may be. [(2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the Collector in writing and the Collector shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard either in person or by any person authorised by him in this behalf or by counsel and shall, after hearing all such objections and after making such further enquiry, if any, as he thinks necessary, either make a report in respect of the land which has been notified under sub-section (1) of Section 4 or make different reports in respect of different parcels of such land,-- (i) to the Government where the notification under sub-section (1) of Section 4 was published by the Government; (ii) to the Board of Revenue, where the notification under sub-section (1) of Section 4 was published by the Board of Revenue or by himself containing his recommendations on the objections, together with the record of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of the Government or the Board of Revenue, as the case may be. The decision of the Government or the Board of Revenue, as the case may be, shall be final]. (3) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be interested in land who would be entitled to claim an interest in compensation if the land were acquired under this Act]. Inserted by Act 38 of 1923. Substituted for the words "within thirty days after the issue of the notification" by Act 68 of 1984. Substituted by Act 28 of 1985, w. e. f. 17/04/1985.