Land Acquisition Act 1960 · Updated to 12 Mar 1992 · Part IV · Taking Possession of Land
20. Special provisions relating to buildings
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scheduled land
“scheduled land” means any land or lands including parcel or provisional block included in a schedule prepared under section 8 and appended to any declaration or notification in Forms D, E, J and K;
Urgency has been issued there is any building the Land Administrator shall, upon taking formal possession as provided in section 22 of the land not built upon, other than the main access to the building, serve notices in Form J upon—
building
“building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, any wall, fence, platform, sewerage system, underground tank, hoarding, dock, jetty, landing-stage, swimming pool, bridge, railway line, and any other structure, support or foundation related to the building;
the occupier of the building requiring that he vacate the building within such period, not exceeding sixty days from the date of the notice, as may be specified therein;
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land
“land” means alienated land within the meaning of the State land law, land occupied under customary right and land occupied in expectation of title;
the owner of the building making an offer of compensation in respect of the building—
where the building is a permanent structure, of the value of the building as it stands;
where the building is of temporary construction, or is otherwise capable of removal and re-erection, of the value of the building or the cost of its removal and re-erection.