Right to receive amount

Every owner or person interested in any land acquired under this Act shall be entitled to receive and be paid an amount as hereinafter provided. (6) In determining the amount, the Collector shall be guided by the provisions contained in sections 23 and 24 and other relevant provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, subject to modifications that in the said sections 23 and 24, the references to the date of publication of the notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 and the date of publication of the declaration under section 6 of the said Act shall be construed as references to the date of publication of notice under sub-sections (2) and (1), respectively. of section 15 of this Act. (7) For the purpose of determining the amount- (a) the Collector shall have power to require any person to deliver to him such returns and assessments as be considers necessary; (b) the Collector shall also have power to require any person known or believed to be interested in the land to deliver to him a statement containing as far as may be practicable, the name of every other person interested in the land as co-owner, mortgagee, tenant or otherwise, and the nature of such interest, and of the rents and profits, If any, received or receivable on account thereof for three years next preceding the date of the statement. (8) Every person required to deliver a return, assessment or statement under sub-section (7) shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 175 and section 176 of the Indian Penal Code. (9) The Collector may hear expert witnesses if it be necessary to do so in any particular case. (10) The Collector or any officer authorised by him in this behalf shall be entitled to enter in and inspect any land which is subject to proceedings before him. (11) The Collector shall dispose of every case referred to him under sub-section (3) for determination of amount as expeditiously as possible and in any case within six months from the date of such reference. (12) Where any case is referred to any Collector under sub-section (3), the Government may, at any stage by order, in writing and for reasons to be recorded therein, transfer it to any other officer, and upon such transfer, unless some special directions are given in the order, the officer to whom the case is transferred, may hear and dispose of the case from the stage at which it was transferred or the case may be heard and disposed of by him denovo.