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When any-premises or deal with expedient. (a) for clause (a), substitute the following clauses, namely :— t order the person in occupation of the premises, if any, to vacate the premises -within a period of ten days from the service of the notice ; (aa) order the landlord or the tenant, as the case may be, - to remove the articles belonging to him, if any, and, where the premises are requisitioned . without any furniture therein, such furniture, .• within a period of fifteen days from the service of the notice : Provided that the Collector may, for reasons to be- recorded in writing, extend the said period up to two months ;" ; and - • (b) in clause (c), omit the words "to the landlord"; and (2) after sub-section (1) of the said section, as so renumbered,' add the following sub-sections, namely :— "(2) Where any person fails to comply with an order under clause (aa) of sub-section (1) directing any furniture or other articles to be removed, the Collector may cause such furniture or other articles to be removed and to be stored or sold by public auction in such manner as the Collector may think fit at the cost and risk of such person : Provided that no furniture or other articles shall be sold by public auction in pursuance of the provisions of this sub-section without the previous sanction of the Provincial Government or such other authority as may be empowered in this behalf by the Provincial Government. Where any furniture or other articles are removed and are stored or sold by public auction in mirsuance of the provisions of sub-section (2), the cost of such removal and of such storage or sale, as the case may be, may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be deducted from the compensation payable or from the sale proceeds, if any, and the balance of the sale proceeds, if any, after such deduction, shall be paid to the owner of such furniture or other arti4es,, as the case may be : Provided that if any dispute arises as to the person or persons to whom the amount of such balance or any part thereof is payable, the Collector shall keep the amount in revenue deposit till there has been a settlement of the dispute. ' (Re-numbered, substituted, omitted and added by 'West Ben. Act IV of 1949, section 4.) [No. 44, dated 2nd August, 1949.] ,,1.,at -"Pply or the .Proi,-incial—C+overnment has re .under sub-section quisitioned Disposal (i) of section 3, it i:may use .of it in such manner as may appear to it to be premises after The West Bengal Premises Requisition- and Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1947. V of 1947.] (Chapter 11—Requisition of premises for any public purpose —Sections 4-6.) . • (4) ':An order passed under sub-section (1) shall be final and Wlitnever such order has been passed, the Provincial Government shall direct .the Collector to take such further ac.tion as is necessary in connection with the requisitioning of the premises in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (5) Without prejudice to any other powers conferred by this Act, the Collector may authorise any person to enter and inspect any premises between sunrise and sunset for the ptrpose .of determining whether, and if so in what manner, an order under this section should be made in relation to any premises or with a view to securing compliance with any order made under this Act. (6) In connection with any inquiry under this Act the Collector may by written order require any person to produce for his inspection any documents relevant to the inquiry at such 'time and place, as may be specified in the order, and enforce the attendance of witnesses or compel the production of documents by the same means, and so far as may be, in the same manner as is provided in the case of a court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.