Preamble
Land Acquisition (1[Tamil Nadu] Amendment) Act, 1953*
| 1[Tamil Nadu Act No. 12 of 1953]2 | [8th July, 1953] |
An Act farther to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in its application to the 3[State of Tamil Nadu].
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894), in its application to the 3[State of Tamil Nadu] for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:-
Section 1. Short title and extent
1. Short title and extent.- (1) This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (1[Tamil Nadu] Amendment) Act, 1953.
(2) It extends to the whole of the 3[State of Tamil Nadu].
Section 2. Amendment of sections 28 and 34 of Central Act 1 of 1894
2. Amendment of sections 28 and 34 of Central Act 1 of 1894.- In sections 28 and 34 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894),-
(i) for the words "six per centum", the words "four per centum" shall be substituted;
(ii) the following proviso shall be added at the end namely:-
"Provided that where such possession if taken before the commencement of the Land Acquisition (1[Tamil Nadu] Amendment) Act, 1953, the foregoing provision shall have effect as if for the race of four per centum per annum specified therein the rate of six per centum per annum had been substituted."