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On acquisition of the fishery and lands under this Act the State Government -may take such action as it may think fit for the reclamation or protection of lands affected or likely to be affected by the fishery and may thereafter resettle tie- lands for cultivation on payment of such con- sideration as may be determined by the State Government The West Bengal Agricultural Lands and Fisheries (Acquisition and Resettlement) Act, 1958. 41111 of 1968.] .Seetzons 12-16.) so, however, that such consideration shall dot exceed the compensation payable for such land under section 7: Provided that any such laud as was previously cultivated and is fit for cultivation shall be resettled with the person who last cultivated it, or, if such person is not agreeable to take resettlement of the land or cannot be traced, with any other person, on the terms and conditions on which the same was previously held by the person who last cultivated it.