Liability on the occupiers

On the issue of a notification under section 3, every occupier within the notified area shall be bound to carry out the remedial and preventive measures prescribed in such notification. Explanation.-For the purpose only of this section, the Government shall be deemed to be the occupier in the case of all lands which are the property of Government within the meaning of section 3, subsection (1), of the Kerala Land Conservancy Act 1957.