Amendment of Act, I of 1894 in its application to Bhopal area

The Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), shall, in its application to Bhopal area, be amended in the manner and to the extent specified below :--

Amendment of Section 3. A. After clause

1. (g) of section 3, the following clause shall be inserted, namely :-- "(h) the expression "Bhopal area" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Land Acquisition (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1959 (5 of 1959)." Insertion of new section 17-A Special powers in relation to building sites in Bhopal area. B. After section 17, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "17-A. Whenever it appears to the State Government that it is urgently necessary to acquire immediate possession of any building site (together with the building, if any, standing thereon) situate in Bhopal area, the State Government may issue a direction accordingly to the Collector and thereupon the provisions of section 17 shall in all respects apply in the case of such site as they apply in the case of waste or arable land : Provided that the Collector shall not take possession of any building or part of a building under this section without giving to the occupier thereof two months' notice of his intention so to do in order to enable such occupier to vacate the building without necessary inconvenience."