Amendment of section 11 of Act 1 of 1894

Section 11 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section

1. (1) of that section and—
2. (1) in sub-section
3. (1) so renumbered for the proviso, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely:— " Provided that no award shall be made by the Collector under this section without the previous approval of the State Government or of such officer as the State Government may authorise in this behalf: Provided further that it shall be competent to the State Government to direct that the Collector or such class of officers specially appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act may make such award without such approval in such class of cases as the State Government may specify in this behalf.".
4. (2) after sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be added, namely:— "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if at any stage of the proceedings, the Collector is satisfied that all the persons interested in the land who appear before him are agreeable to the award which he proposes to make under this section, the Collector may without making further enquiry, require such persons to execute an agreement in the form prescribed by the State Government and make an award according to the terms of such agreement.
5. (3) The determination of compensation for any land under sub-section
6. (2) shall not in any way affect the determination of compensation in respect of other lands in the same village or elsewhere in accordance with the other provisions of this Act.
7. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Registration Act, 1908 no agreement made under sub-section
8. (2) shall be liable to registration under that Act.".