Preamble

NAGALAND ACT 3 OF 1965

[THE NAGALAND LAND (REQUISITION AND ACQUISITION) ACT, 1965]1 Received the assent of the Governor on the 20th April, 1965 [Published in the Nagaland Gazette-Extraordinary, Dated 22nd April, 1964.] An Act to consolidate the law for requisition and speedy acquisition of premises and land for certain public purposes.

Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law for requisition and

speedy acquisition of premises and land for certain public purposes; It is hereby enacted in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:Short title, extent & commencement.- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Nagaland

Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1965.

1. (2) It extends to the State of Nagaland.
2. (3) It shall come into force at once. Definitions.- 2. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:(a) “Collector”, “Land” and “person interested” have the same meaning as in the Land Acquisition Act 1894 [Act 1 of 1894]; Explanation.- Land for the purpose of this Act includes trees, buildings and standing crops on it, and easement.
   • (b) “Court” means a principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, and includes the Court of any Additional Deputy Commissioner, Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner whom the State Government may appoint, by name or by virtue of his office, to perform, concurrently with any such principal Civil Court, all or any of the functions of the Court under this Act within any specified local limits;
   • (c) “displaced person” means-