Amendment of section 23.

In section 23,--

1. (i) to clause beginning with the word 'firstly', the following proviso shall be added, namely :-- " Provided that when the market value of any land situate in Bhopal area, in respect of which the date of publication of the notification aforesaid is after the commencement of the Land Acquisition (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1957 (21 of 1958) is in excess of its market value as on the first day of October, 1955, the market value thereof shall be deemed to be its market value as on the 1st day of October, 1955"; and
2. (ii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :-- "(3) Where in respect of any land situate in Bhopal area the market value thereof is determined in accordance with the proviso to clause firstly, then in addition to such market value and the additional sum provided under sub-section (2), the Court shall award a further sum not exceeding twenty five per centum of such market value as may be deemed fit in consideration of the appreciation in the price of the land concerned by reason of the location of the Capital at Bhopal, regard being had to the situation of such land." 4. Repeal and saving

1. (1) The Land Acquisition (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Ordinance, 1958 (3 of 1959) is hereby repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 1st January, 1959.