Provisions applicable to notifications proposed to be issued under Section 3A

Where it is proposed to issue a notification under Section 3A in respect of all intermediary interests in the whole of the State, or in a part of the State, the following provisions shall apply, namely :-\n(1) The State Government shall publish a proclamation in the Official Gazette, not less than three months before the date on which it is proposed to issue a notification under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of Section 3A, announcing its intention to take over, on the expiration of the said period, all intermediary interests in the whole of the State or, as the case may be, in such part of the State as may be specified in the proclamation.\n(2) The substance of the proclamation shall be announced by beat of drum in all the villages of the State or, as the case may be, in the villages situate within such part of the State as may be specified in the proclamation.\n(3) On the publication of the proclamation every intermediary shall at any time before the expiration of the said period, make to the Collector an application in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act.\n(4) The application shall be verified and signed in the manner provided for the verification of a plaint and shall be accompanied b. -\n(a) Such documents relating to the intermediary interests held by the intermediary as are required by the Schedule: Provided that the Collector may dispense with the production of any document or any particulars in any statement.\n(b) a certificate from the intermediary that he has not concealed or withheld any material information or particulars relating to his intermediary interests;\n(c) a declaration by such intermediary that the documents filed by him are genuine and the information furnished by him in the application is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that he has made no other application claiming compensation under this Act.\n(5) If any intermediary fails, without sufficient cause, to make the application to the Collector or to file the documents, certificate and declaration required by clause (4) within the period specified in clause (3) or within such extended periods as may be allowed by the Collector in this behalf, the intermediary shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to Rs. 50 for every day after the expiration of said period or the extended period until such application has been made and the documents, certificate and declaration have been filed and such penalty shall be realised as a public demand: Provided that where the sum of such penalty exceeds Rs. 500, the Collector shall refer the matter to the Commissioner whose orders thereon shall be final: Provided further that the Commissioner may at any time, of his own motion or on the application of any intermediary, revise any order of the Collector imposing any penalty and the order of the Commissioner on revision shall be final.\n(6) When an application has been made in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Collector shall transfer it with all the materials and documents accompanying it to the Compensation Officer.\n(7) Where an intermediary has intermediary interests in more than one district of the State, he shall, with his application to the Collector of the district in which the major portion of his interest lies or in which he ordinarily resides, furnish particulars and documents in respect of his intermediary interests in other parts of the State and shall state in his applications to the Collectors of other districts in which his intermediary interests lie that the particulars and documents have been so furnished.