Validation of certain requisitions of immovable properties.-

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force-

1. (i) any immovable property requisitioned by the competent authority under the Himachal Pradesh Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1972 (20 of l973) (including any property deemed to have been requisitioned under that Act) which had not been released from such requisition before the 28 th day of July, 1983;
2. (ii) any immovable-property which purports to have been requisitioned after the 28 th day of July, 1983, by an Officer of the Government, under the Himachal Pradesh Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1972 (20 of 1973) and which has not been released from such requisition; shall, as from the date of such requisition, be deemed to have been requisitioned by the competent authority under the

provisions of this Act for the purposes for which the said

property was requisitioned or held and all provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly: Provided that all agreements for determination and awards for payment of compensation in respect of any such property for any period of requisition shall be binding in so far as future compensation is concerned shall be valid and shall be deemed always to have been valid and shall continue to

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH REQUISITION OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY ACT, 1987 14 be in force and shall apply to payment of compensation in respect of that property.