Chapter V PROCEDURE, RECORDS AND APPEAL

(1) For every area, notified under section 3, the Deputy Commissioner shall prepare a record setting forth the nature, description, local situation and extent of all rights mentioned in section 4 and section 5 - (a) existing within such area at the time of the publication of the notification relating thereto under section 3; (b) regulated, restricted, or prohibited by any order under section 4 or section 5. (2) When any award is made under section 11 its effect upon any right shall also be recorded therein. (3) The record prepared under this section shall be presumed to be correct until contrary is proved or a new entry lawfully substituted therefor.

(1) Upon the publication of a notification issued under any of the provisions of this Act, the Deputy Commissioner shall cause public notice of the substance thereof to be given at convenient places in the locality to which such notification relates. (2) The procedure prescribed in sections 21, 22 and 23 of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1953 (6 of 1954), shall be followed, as far as may be, in proceeding under this Act.

Every order passed and every award made by the Deputy Commissioner under this Act shall for the purposes of appeal, review and revision, respectively, be deemed to be the order of a Collector within the meaning of sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1953 (6 of 1954): Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to exclude the jurisdiction of any civil court to decide any dispute arising between the persons interested in any compensation awarded as to the apportionment or distribution thereof amongst such persons or any of them.