The Land Acquisition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1980

This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1980.

In the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in its application to the State of Gujarat, in section 24,--

1. (1) in clause sixthly, at the end, the word "or" shall be deleted ; and
2. (2) after clause seventhly, the following shall be inserted, namely :-- "eighthly, any increase to the value of the acquired land accrued by reason of any environmental improvement constructed, made or effected on such land by Government or a local authority or a corporation owned or controlled by Government. Explanation.--In this clause "environmental improvement" means any work or provision for giving facilities of water supply, sewer, drainage, community baths and latrines, street lights and such other facilities to the dwellings in slums on such land."