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| (1) Where the Minister certifies that any land, other than State land, should be acquired by Government for the purpose of being made available for the carrying out of any housing object and such certificate is published in the Gazette, that purpose shall be deemed to be a public purpose and that land may be acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, and be made available for that purpose to that Authority, or to any other person by being disposed of under the provisions of this Act. |
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| (2) In the case of any such acquisition where the public notice of the intention to acquire that land or interest therein is published as required by the Land Acquisition Act at any time within a period of three years commencing from the appointed date, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Acquisition Act, the market value of the land or the interest therein for the purpose of determining the amount of compensation to be paid in respect of that land or the interest therein shall be deemed to be the market value of that land or the interest therein as on July 22, 1977, increased by a reasonable amount on account of improvements, if any, effected to such land, after that date. |
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