Proclamation

(1) Upon the publication of an order under section 4, the Deputy Commissioner shall cause to be published in every village or town in which any part of the area specified in such order is situated a proclamation (in Hindi and English and in such other language as the Deputy Commissioner may consider necessary) as provided in sub-section (2). (2) The proclamation referred to in sub-section (1) shall contain the terms of the order and shall also require every person claiming any compensation in respect of any right, the exercise of which is restricted or prohibited by the order, to prefer his claim to the Deputy Commissioner with such particulars and within such period as may be prescribed. (3) Any claim not preferred within the prescribed period shall be rejected: Provided that the Deputy Commissioner may allow a claim to be preferred after the expiry of the prescribed period if he is satisfied that the claimant had sufficient cause for not preferring the claim within such period.