Insertion of new section 39A.

In the principal Act, after section 39, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- “39A. The provisions of this Act as amended by the Slum Area (Improvement and Clearance) (Puducherry Amendment) Act, 1986 shall apply to any case or cases in which proceeding have been started before the commencement of this Act for the acquisition of any land in a slum area under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894) (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said Act), but no award has been made by the Collector under section 11 of the said Act before such commencement, as if- (i) the notification published under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the said Act, or (ii) the declaration made under section 6 of the said Act, or (iii) the notice given under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the said Act, were a notice to show cause against the acquisition of the land served by the Government under section 12 of this Act.”.