Occupation of building, etc., required in connection with fair or festival

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Statutory text

(1) The local authority may, in case of emergency, with the sanction of the [Collector]1 depute any person to enter upon, occupy and use, without having recourse to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (1 of 1894) any land or any building not being a dwelling house in the notified fair or festival centre which, in the opinion of the Health Officer, is required and is suitable for any purposes connected with the fair or festival such as the construction of pilgrim sheds, watersheds, hospital segregation sheds, latrines and the like. Provided that if the land or building is occupied notice shall be given in writing to the occupant or be conspicuously affixed on such land or building, not less than twenty fours before it is entered upon.
(2) The owner or lessess of such land or building shall be entitled to compensation for any damage or expenses incurred, and to reasonable rent for the period during which it had been occupied or used for any of the purposes referred to in sub-section (1) . Such compensation and rent shall be fixed by the [Collector]1
(3) The local authority shall, when any such land or building ceases to be occupied or used for any of the purposes aforesaid, cause it to be thoroughly disinfected and cleansed.

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