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    "title": "The Delhi Development (Betterment Charge Arbitration Rules, 1961",
    "short_title": "The Delhi Development (Betterment Charge Arbitration Rules, 1961",
    "act_number": "Published vide G.S.R. 1111, dated 9the September, ",
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            "title": "1. Short title.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957);\n(b) \"arbitrators\" means the Arbitrators appointed by the Central Government under section 39 of the Act;\n(c) \"Authority\" means the Delhi Development Authority constituted under the Act;\n(d) \"objector\" means a person on whom notice has been served in respect of land to be assessed under section 38 of the Act and who dissented from or has failed to give the Authority, and \"object\" with its grammatical variations, shall mean accordingly, dissenting from or failing to accept the assessment made by the Authority.",
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            "title": "3. Reference to arbitrators.",
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            "content": "(a) the situation and extent of the land regarding which the betterment charge is to be determined;\n(b) the names of the persons by whom betterment charge is payable;\n(c) the amount of betterment charge payable by each person;\n(d) the objection, if any, filed by the objector;\n(e) a brief statement of the basis of the assessment of the amount of betterment charge.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Service of notice.",
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            "content": "(a) the Authority.\n(b) all objectors.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Appearance before the arbitrators.",
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            "title": "6. Powers of the arbitrators.",
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            "content": "(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him in oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;\n(c) administering to any party in the arbitration such interrogatories as may, in the opinion of the arbitrators, be necessary.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Statement by the objectors.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Procedure in case of non-attendance of one or more objectors.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Adjournment.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Adjournment after objections for further hearing.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Right to begin.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Statement and production of evidence by objectors.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Record of the proceedings.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Arguments.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Continuity of proceedings.",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Powers of arbitrators to inspect.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Award.",
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            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Award to be signed.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Time for making the award.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Award to be sent to the authority and the Central Government.",
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            "content": "(i) for the first 200 words or under : 00.80 n.p.;\n(ii) for every additional 100 words or fraction thereof : 00.80 n.p;\n(iii) in case the copy is required urgently : double the above rates.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Fees of the arbitrators.",
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        "Act ID": "dl045",
        "Act Number": "Published vide G.S.R. 1111, dated 9the September, 1961, published in the Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3 (i), dated September, 1961",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1961",
        "Short Title": "The Delhi Development (Betterment Charge Arbitration Rules, 1961",
        "Type": "UNION_TERRITORY",
        "Location": "Delhi"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:22"
}