Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
3. (1) If in the opinion of the 1 [District Magistrate], it is necessary to requisition any storage accommodation for storing 1 [foodgrains or other foodstuffs] he may, by order in writing requisition such storage accommodation and may further order that the possession thereof shall be delivered to him within such time (not being less than three days from the date of the service of the Order) as may be specified ; 2 [Provided that no accommodation which is bonafide used for residential purposes shall be requisitioned; Provided further that no other accommodation wich is not ordinarily used for storage shall be requisitioned without the prior sanction of the State Government which shall, before according sanction, give an opportunity to the owner and the occupier, if any, to be heard; and] 3 [x x x]