Release from requisition.─(1) The Government may at any time release from requisition any cashew factory requisitioned

1 Substituted by Act 26 of 1985(w.e.f. 26.02.1982).

condition as it was when possession thereof was taken by virtue of the lease executed by it with the owner of the cashew factory, subject to the provisions contained in such lease and to the changes caused by reasonable wear and tear and irresistible force.

1. (2) Where any cashew factory is to be released from requisition under sub-section (1), the Government may, after such inquiry, if any, as they may in any case consider necessary to make or cause to be made, specify by order in writing the person to whom possession of such cashew factory is to be given.
2. (3) The delivery of possession of a cashew factory to the person specified in an order under sub-section (2) shall be a full discharge of the Government and, in the case of a cashew factory vested in the Corporation, also of the Corporation from all liabilities in respect of such cashew factory, but shall not prejudice any right in respect of that cashew factory which any other person may be entitled by due process of law to enforce against the person to whom possession of the cashew factory is given.
3. (4) Where any person to whom possession of a cashew factory is to be given is not found and has no agent or other person empowered to accept delivery on his behalf, the Government shall cause a notice declaring that the cashew factory is released from requisition to be affixed on some conspicuous part of the premises of the cashew factory and shall also publish the notice in the Gazette.
4. (5) Where a notice referred to in sub-section (4) is published in the Gazette, the cashew factory specified in such notice shall cease to be subject to requisition on and from the date of such publication and shall be, deemed to have been delivered to the person entitled to possession thereof, and the Government or the Corporation shall not be liable for any compensation or other claim in respect of such cashew factory for any period after the said date.
5. (6) Where any cashew factory requisitioned under section 3 or any material part thereof is wholly destroyed or rendered substantially and permanently unfit for carrying on processing of raw cashew nuts by reason of fire, earthquake, tempest, flood or violence of any mob or other irresistible force, the requisition shall, at the option of the Government, be void: Provided that the benefit of this sub-section shall not be available to the Government where the injury to such cashew factory is caused by any wrongful act or default of the Government or the Corporation.