The Mizoram (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) (Amendment) Act, 2017

(1) This Act may be called the Mizoram (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) (Amendment) Act, 2017. (2) It shall have the like extent as the Principal Act. (3) It shall commence from the date of its publication in the Mizoram Gazette.

In section 3 of the Principal Act, after clause (f) of sub-section (1), new provisos shall be inserted, as follows, namely :- "Provided that the Government may also acquire land for the aforementioned purposes by negotiation with the land holder, subject to the provisions of this Act and rules made thereunder. Provided further that on every instance of purchase of land under this sub-section, the terms and condition of the negotiation shall invariably cover all costs of the land and properties therein including claim or disclaim for rehabilitation and resettlement. Provided also that the sale deed executed under this section shall not be necessary for registration under the Registration Act, 1908."

Section 9 of the Principal Act shall be amended as follows, namely :- "9. Exemption from Social Impact Assessment. Where land is proposed to be purchased under sub-section (1) of section 3 and the rehabilitation and resettlement entitlement is disclaimed by the land holder, or acquired invoking the urgency provisions under section 40, the Government may exempt undertaking of the Social Impact Assessment Study."

AN ACT to amend the Mizoram (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Act, 2016 (Act No. 5 of 2016). It is enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram in the Sixty-Eight year of the Republic of India as follows, namely :