Payment of compensation before acquisition proceedings are completed

A. Payment of compensation before acquisition proceedings are completed. Before taking possession of any land under section 17, the Collector shall without prejudice to the provisions of the said section:

1. (a) tender payment of eighty per centum of the compensation for such land as estimated by him to the persons interested and entitled there to: and
2. (b) pay it to them unless prevented, by some one or more of the contingencies mentioned in section 32 of the Act, and where the Collector is so prevented, the provisions of section 32 shall apply as they apply to the payment of compensation under that section.