Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) (a) Where on an application by the owner alternative' of any land, the authorised officer is satisfied that the site in kudiyiruppu referred to in sub-section (1) of section 5 certain casd. (hereafter in this section referred to as the "existing kudiyiruppu ") is located in any portion of such land and that the vesting of such kudiyiruppu in any rural artisan may cause inconvenience for the convenient enjoyment of such land as a whqle by. such owner, the authorjsed officer may, by order in writing, permit such owner to P rovide an alternative site within the same land or in Remove Watermark Wondershare PDFelement 1976: President's Act 58]Rural Artisans (Confirment of 641 Ownership of Kudiyiruppu) any other land already owned by such owner, within such distance and within such period as may be prescribed, for the occupation of the rural artisan concerned. (b) The alternative site shall satisfy the following conditions, namely :- (i) it shall be fit for erection of a dwelling house or hut, if there is not already a dwelling house or hut on the site, (ii) its extent shall not be less than the extent of the existing kudiyiruppu, subject, to a minimum of 1.214 acres, and \ (iii) such other conditions as may be pres- cribed. (2) The authorised officer, while granting pcr- mission under sub-section (I), shall also direct the pay- ment, by the owner to the rural artisan within such period as may be prescribed of reasonable costa: as decided by the authorised officer for the shifting of the residence to the alternative site including the cost for erecting a super- structure on the said site. The authorised officer shaI1, before granting permission under sub-section (I), satisfy himself that the conditions mentioned in that sub-section are satisfied : Provided that before granting such permission, the authorised officer shall give an opportunity of being heard to the rural artisan concerned : Provided further that the authorised officer shall not grant such permission if the alternative site is not already owned by such owner. (3) If such owner fails to provide the alternative site as permitted by the authorised officer within the prescribed period or fails to comply with any direction given under sub-section (2) in regard to payment of costs, the rural artisan shall be entitled to the ownership of the existing kudiyiruppu under sub-section (1) of section 5. (4) If such owner provides an alternative site in pursuance of the permission granted under sub-section (I), the rural artisan concerned shall be given an oppor- tunity to occupy the alternative site and he shall be deemed to have become the owner of the kudiyiruppu, from the dateon which he so occupies the alternative site and such Remove Watermark Wondershare PDFelement 642 Rural Artisans (Conferment of [1976: President's Act 38 Ownership of Kudiyiruppu) alternative kudiyiruppu shall, with effect from such date, be deemed to have vested in him absolutely free from all encumbrances and the site of the existing kudiyiruppu shall revert to the owner. I (5) Subject to the of sub-section (6), where any rural artisan fails or refuses to shift to the alternative site provided by the owner in pursuance of a I permission granted under sub-section (1) within such period as may be prescribed, the rural artisan shall not be entitled to the ownership of the existing kudiyiruppu I under sub-section (1) of section 5. (6) No rural artisan who fails or refuses to shift to the alternative site shall be evicted from the existing kudiyiruppu and such rural artisan shall be entitled to continue to occupy the said existing kudiyiruppu on terms and conditions not less favourable than those applicable to him on the date on which he occupied such kudiyiruppu. Right t.0