Acquisition of land

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(1) The State Government may, in order to enable the Authority to discharge any of its functions or to exercise any of its powers or to carry out any of its projects or development schemes or programmes, or to provide any amenity by itself or through any recognised agency and on a representation made by the Authority in such form and manner as may be prescribed, acquire any land in any part of the districts mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 1 by publishing in the Official Gazette a notification to the effect that the State Government has decided to acquire the land in pursuance of this section.
(2) The acquisition of land for any purpose mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a public purpose and the acquisition of any land for such purpose shall in all cases be made in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Chapter and/or the provisions of applicable land acquisition laws in force and made applicable to the State of Assam.
(3) When a notification as aforesaid is published in the Official Gazette, the land shall, on and from the date on which the notification is so published, vest absolutely in the State Government free from all encumbrances in such manner as may be provided in the applicable statute under which the land has been acquired by the State Government.

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