ASSAM LAND (REQUISITION AND ACQUISITION) ACT, 1960

Act No. 34 of 1960

17th December, 1960

Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948, hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Assam Land (Requisition and Acquisition) (Amendment) Act, 1960.

(2) It shall have the like extent as the Principal Act.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Insertion for a new section 3A in Assam Act XXV of 1948

After section 3 of the Principal Act, the following new section shall be inserted, namely--

3A. "Power to take possession of requisitioned land.

• (1) Where any land has been requisitioned under section 3, the State Government or the person authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, by order in writing, direct the owner, the tenant as well as any other person who may be in possession of the land whether at the time of requisition or at any time thereafter before the land is released from requisition under section 6, to surrender or deliver possession thereof to the Collector or any other person duly authorised by him in this behalf within such days of the service of the order as may be specified therein.
• (2) If any person refuses or fails to comply with an order made under sub-section (1), the State Government or the person authorised in this behalf, in addition to any other provisions in the Act, may take possession of the land and may, for t