The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2018

1. (1) This Act may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2018.
2. (2) The Act shall be deemed to have come into effect on 1st January, 2014.
3. (3) The provisions of this Amendment Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any law or judgment or order of any Court or authority, without affecting the vested rights.

In the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in its application to the State of Andhra Pradesh in section 2, in sub-section (2), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

In the Principal Act, after Chapter III, the following Chapter shall be inserted, namely: - “CHAPTER III A PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER II AND CHAPTER III NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN PROJECTS

In the Principal Act, after section 23, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

In the Principal Act, in section 24, in sub-section (2),-

1. (1) in the existing proviso, for the expression “where an award has been made” the expression “where the said award has been made 5 years or more prior to the commencement of this Act” shall be substituted;
2. (2) after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely:- “ Provided further that in computing the period referred to in this sub-section any period or periods during which the proceedings for acquisition of the land were held up on account of any order, stay, suspension or injunction issued by any Court or the period specified in the award of a Tribunal for taking possession or such period where possession has been taken but the compensation is lying deposited in a Court or in any designated account maintained for this purpose, shall be excluded.”.

In the Principal Act, after Chapter IV, the following new Chapter IV A shall be inserted, namely:-

Voluntary acquisition of land

In the principal Act, after section 31, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

In the principal Act, after section 33, the following new section 33A shall be inserted, namely:-

In the principal Act, in section 46, in sub-section (6), in the Explanation, in clause (b), the words “any person other than”, shall be omitted.

In the principal Act, for section 87, along with the marginal heading the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

In the principal Act, in section 101, for the words “a period of five years”, the words “a period specified for setting up of any project or for five years, whichever is later,” shall be substituted.

In the principal Act, in section 109, in sub-section (2), after clause

1. (u) the following clause shall be added, namely:- “(v) to give effect to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2018”.