Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Wherever any land is acquired. under section 4 Compensa- there shall be paid compensation the amount of which shall tion be determined by the Collector in the manner and in accord- ance with -the principles set out in sub-section (-1) of section 23 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Provided that the market value referred to in clause first 'of sub-section (Z) of section 23 of the said Act shall, in respect of any _land acqmred under this Act, be deemed to be the · market value of such land on the elate of publication of the notice referred to in sub-section (Z) of section 4: · Provided further that if such market value exceeds by any amount the market value of the land on the 8lst day of December, 1946 on the assumpton that the land had been at that date in the state in which it in fact was on the elate of publication· of the notice referred to in sub-section (Z) of section 4, the amount of such excess shall not be taken into ' consideration. ·(2) When the compensation has been determined under sub-section (Z) the Collector shall make an award in accord~ ace with the principles set out in section 11 of the Land· Acquisition Act, 1894, and no amount referred to in sub- section (2) of section 23 of that Act, shall be included in the award. t I I L I l i Reference to Court. Power to enter upon land, etc. 4 The West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act,