Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
41.
Special powers in case of urgency to acquire land in certain
cases.
1.
In
cases of urgency, whenever the appropriate Government so directs, the
Collector, though no such award has been made, may, on the expiration of thirty
days from the publication of the notice mentioned in section 22, take
possession of any land needed for a public purpose and such land shall
thereupon vest absolutely in the Government, free from all encumbrances.
2.
The
powers of the appropriate Government under sub-section (1) shall be restricted
to the minimum area required for the defence of India or national security or
for any emergencies arising out of natural calamities or any other emergency
with the approval of Parliament:
Provided that the
Collector shall not take possession of any building or part of a building under
this sub-section without giving to the occupier thereof at least forty-eight
hours notice of his intention to do so, or such longer notice as may be
reasonably sufficient to enable such occupier to remove his movable property
from such building without unnecessary inconvenience.
1.
2.
3.
Before
taking possession of any land under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the
Collector shall tender payment of eighty per cent. of the compensation for such
land as estimated by him to the person interested entitled thereto.
4.
In
the case of any land to which, in the opinion of the appropriate Government,
the provisions of sub-section (1), sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) are
applicable, the appropriate Government may direct that any or all of the
provisions of Chapter II to Chapter VI shall not apply, and, if it does so
direct, a declaration may be made under section 20 in respect of the land at
any time after the date of the publication of the preliminary notification
under sub-section (1) of section 11.
5.
An
additional compensation of seventy-five per cent. of the total compensation as
determined under section 27, shall be paid by the Collector in respect of land
and property for acquisition of which proceedings have been initiated under
sub-section (1) of this section:
Provided that no
additional compensation will be required to be paid in case the project is one
that affects the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security and strategic
interests of the State or relations with foreign States.