Power to acquire evacuee land for permanent settlement of displaced persons

Power to acquire evacuee land for permanent settlement of displaced persons.--(1) If the Government is of the opinion that for the permanent settlement of any displaced person, it is necessary to acquire any evacuee land allotted to such displaced person, the Government may at any time acquire such evacuee land by publishing in the Government Gazette a notification to the effect that the Government has decided to acquire such evacuee land in pursuance of this section.

1. (2) Subject to the provisions of section 5, on and from the date of the publication of the notification under sub-section (1), the right, title and interest of any evacuee in the evacuee land shall be extinguished and the evacuee land shall vest absolutely in the Government free from all encumbrances : Provided that the displaced person shall, so long as such land is not transferred to him under this Act, continue in possession thereof on the same conditions on which he held it immediately before the date of the said notification.
2. (3) It shall be lawful for the Government, if it is considered necessary to issue from time to time notification referred to in sub-section
3. (1) in respect of--
   • (a) any class of evacuee land ; or
   • (b) all evacuee lands situated in a specified area ; or
   • (c) any particular evacuee land.