Amendment of section 18

Amendment of section 18.—In section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894) (hereinafter called the principal Act), for the sign "." occurring at the end of existing proviso to sub-section (2), the sign ":" shall be substituted and thereafter, the following second provisio shall be added, namely:—

" Provided further that the Collector may entertain an application under this section, after the expiry of the period of six weeks but within a period of six months, if he is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by sufficient cause from making the application in time."