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    "id": 16532,
    "slug": "bombay-requisitioned-property-continuance-of-powers-saurashtra-area-act-1958",
    "title": "Bombay Requisitioned Property (Continuance of Powers) (Saurashtra Area) Act, 1958",
    "short_title": "Bombay Requisitioned Property (Continuance of Powers) (Saurashtra Area) Act, 1958",
    "act_number": "Bombay Act No. 56 of 1958",
    "act_year": 1958,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bombay Requisitioned Property (Continuance of Powers) (Saurashtra Area) Act, 1958",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Interpretation.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Continuance of requisitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Release from requisition.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Power to acquire requisitioned property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) where any works have, during the period of requisition, been constructed on, in or over land wholly or partly at the expense of the State Government, and the State Government decides that the value of, or right to use such works should be preserved or secured for the purposes of the State Government; or\n(ii) where the cost of restoring any land to its condition at the time of its requisition would in the determination of the State Government be excessive having regard to the value of the land at that time, and the owner declines to accept the release from requisition of the land without payment of compensation from the State Government.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Payment of Compensation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) where the amount of compensation can be fixed by agreement it shall be paid in accordance with such agreement;\n(b) where no such agreement can be reached, the State Government shall appoint as arbitrator the District Judge, or the Additional District Judge or any Civil Judge having jurisdiction over the area in which the property or any portion thereof was situate at the time of requisition or acquisition, as the case may be;\n(c) the State Government may in any particular case nominate a person having special knowledge as to the nature of the property acquired to assist the arbitrator and where such nomination is made, the person to be compensated may also nominate an assessor for the said purpose;\n(d) at the commencement of the proceedings before the arbitrator, the State Government and the person to be compensated shall State what in their respective opinions is a fair amount of compensation;\n(e) the arbitrator in making his award shall in the case of moveable property have regard to the market price of such property and in the case of immoveable property have regard to the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (I of 1894), as adapted and applied to the Saurashtra area of the State so far as the same is applicable and whether the acquisition is of a permanent or temporary character:\n(f) an appeal shall lie to the High Court against the award of the arbitrator;\n(g) save as provided in this Act and in any rules made thereunder, nothing in any law for the time being in force shall apply to arbitrations under this section.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power to obtain information.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Delegation of functions.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Protection of action taken under the Act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the procedure to be followed in arbitrations under section 6, and\n(ii) the principles to be followed in apportioning the costs of proceedings before the arbitrator and on an appeal.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "guj174",
        "Act Number": "Bombay Act No. 56 of 1958",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1958",
        "Short Title": "Bombay Requisitioned Property (Continuance of Powers) (Saurashtra Area) Act, 1958",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}