Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
96. Acquisition of land at cost of a local
authority or Requiring Body.
1. Where
the provisions of this Act are put in force for the purpose of acquiring land
at the cost of any fund controlled or managed by a local authority or of any
Requiring Body, the charges of land incidental to such acquisition shall be
defrayed from or by such fund or Requiring Body.
2. In any
proceeding held before a Collector or Authority concerned in such cases the
local authority or Requiring Body concerned may appear and adduce evidence for
the purpose of determining the amount of compensation:
Provided that no such local authority or Requiring Body shall be
entitled to demand a reference to the Authority concerned under section 65.