Continuance of requisition made under the Defence of India Act, 1962

All immovable properties, which at the commencement of the Bombay Land Requisition (Amendment) Act, 1968, are subject to requisitioning effected under the Defence of India Act, 1962 (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the Defence Act") by the State Government or by any officer or authority to whom the powers of the State Government under the Defence Act were delegated, shall, immediately on the expiration of the period stated in the orders of requisitioning made under the Defence Act, be deemed to be lands requisitioned under this Act and shall continue to be subject to requisition as if they were requisitioned under this Act, without specifying any such period. The State Government may use or deal with any such land for any public purpose. Any agreement or award made for the payment of compensation in respect of any such property and in force immediately before the expiration of the said period shall continue to be in force as if the amount of compensation were determined under this Act, and shall apply to the payment of compensation during the period of requisitioning under this Act. If in respect of any such property no such agreement or award is in force immediately before the expiration of the said period, the amount of compensation shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Defence Act (including the rules made thereunder) as if those provisions were for such purpose enacted in this Act and shall continue to apply to such property ; and any agreement or award so made shall apply to the payment of compensation for the period of requisitioning under the Defence Act, and also under this Act.