Right To Fair Compensation And Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement Act, 2013

Section - 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

Section - 2 - Application of Act

Section - 3 - Definitions

Section - 4 - Preparation of Social Impact Assessment Study

Section - 5 - Public hearing for Social Impact Assessment

Section - 6 - Publication of Social Impact Assessment Study

Section - 7 - Appraisal of Social Impact Assessment Report by an Expert Group

Section - 8 - Examination of proposals for land acquisition and Social Impact Assessment report by appropriate Government

Section - 9 - Exemption from Social Impact Assessment

Section - 10 - Special provision to safeguard food security

Section - 11 - Publication of preliminary notification and power of officers thereupon

Section - 12 - Preliminary survey of land and power of officers to carry out survey

Section - 13 - Payment for damage

Section - 14 - Lapse of Social Impact Assessment report

Section - 15 - Hearing of objections

Section - 16 - Preparation of Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme by the Administrator

Section - 17 - Review of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme

Section - 18 - Approved Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme to be made public

Section - 19 - Publication of declaration and summary of Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Section - 20 - Land to be marked out, measured and planned including marking of specific areas

Section - 21 - Notice to persons interested

Section - 22 - Power to require and enforce the making of statements as to names and interests

Section - 23 - Enquiry and land acquisition award by Collector

Section - 24 - Land acquisition process under Act No. 1 of 1894 shall be deemed to have lapsed in certain cases

Section - 25 - Period within which an award shall be made

Section - 26 - Determination of market value of land by Collector

Section - 27 - Determination of amount of compensation

Section - 28 - Parameters to be considered by Collector in determination of award

Section - 29 - Determination of value of things attached to land or building

Section - 30 - Award of solatium

Section - 31 - Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award for affected families by Collector

Section - 32 - Provision of infrastructural amenities in resettlement area

Section - 33 - Corrections to awards by Collector

Section - 34 - Adjournment of enquiry

Section - 35 - Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents

Section - 36 - Power to call for records, etc.

Section - 37 - Awards of Collector when to be final

Section - 38 - Power to take possession of land to be acquired

Section - 39 - Additional compensation in case of multiple displacements

Section - 40 - Special powers in case of urgency to acquire land in certain cases

Section - 41 - Special provisions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Section - 42 - Reservation and other benefits

Section - 43 - Appointment of Administrator

Section - 44 - Commissioner for rehabilitation and resettlement

Section - 45 - Rehabilitation and resettlement committee at project level

Section - 46 - Provisions relating to rehabilitation and resettlement to apply in case of certain persons other than specified persons

Section - 47 - Quantification and deposit of rehabilitation and resettlement amount

Section - 48 - Establishment of National monitoring committee for rehabilitation and resettlement

Section - 49 - Reporting requirements

Section - 50 - Establishment of State Monitoring Committee for rehabilitation and resettlement

Section - 51 - Establishment of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority

Section - 52 - Composition of Authority

Section - 53 - Qualifications for appointment as Presiding Officer

Section - 54 - Terms of office of Presiding Officer

Section - 55 - Staff of Authority

Section - 56 - Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officers

Section - 57 - Filling up of vacancies

Section - 58 - Resignation and removal

Section - 59 - Orders constituting Authority to be final and not to invalidate its proceedings

Section - 60 - Powers of Authority and procedure before it

Section - 61 - Proceedings before Authority to be judicial proceedings

Section - 62 - Members and officers of Authority to be public servants

Section - 63 - Jurisdiction of civil courts barred

Section - 64 - Reference to Authority

Section - 65 - Collector's statement to Authority

Section - 66 - Service of notice by Authority

Section - 67 - Restriction on scope of proceedings

Section - 68 - Proceedings to be in public

Section - 69 - Determination of award by Authority

Section - 70 - Form of award

Section - 71 - Costs

Section - 72 - Collector may be directed to pay interest on excess compensation

Section - 73 - Re-determination of amount of compensation on the basis of the award of the Authority

Section - 74 - Appeal to High Court

Section - 75 - Particulars of apportionment to be specified

Section - 76 - Dispute as to apportionment

Section - 77 - Payment of compensation or deposit of same in Authority

Section - 78 - Investment of money deposited in respect of lands belonging to person incompetent to alienate

Section - 79 - Investment of money deposited in other cases

Section - 80 - Payment of interest

Section - 81 - Temporary occupation of waste or arable land, procedure when difference as to compensation exists

Section - 82 - Power to enter and take possession and compensation on restoration

Section - 83 - Difference as to condition of land

Section - 84 - Punishment for false information, mala fide action, etc.

Section - 85 - Penalty for contravention of provisions of Act

Section - 86 - Offences by Companies

Section - 87 - Offences by Government departments.

Section - 88 - Cognizance of offences by court

Section - 89 - Offences to be non-cognizable

Section - 90 - Offences to be cognizable only on complaint filed by certain persons

Section - 91 - Magistrate to enforce surrender

Section - 92 - Service of notice

Section - 93 - Completion of acquisition not compulsory, but compensation to be awarded when not completed

Section - 94 - Acquisition of part of house or building

Section - 95 - Acquisition of land at cost of a local authority or Requiring Body

Section - 96 - Exemption from income-tax, stamp duty and fees

Section - 97 - Acceptance of certified copy as evidence

Section - 98 - Notice in case of suits for anything done in pursuance of Act

Section - 99 - No change of purpose to be allowed

Section - 100 - No change of ownership without permission to be allowed

Section - 101 - Return of unutilised land

Section - 102 - Difference in price of land when transferred for higher consideration to be shared

Section - 103 - Provisions to be in addition to existing laws

Section - 104 - Option of appropriate Government to lease

Section - 105 - Provisions of this Act not to apply in certain cases or to apply with certain modifications

Section - 106 - Power to amend Schedule

Section - 107 - Power of State Legislatures to enact any law more beneficial to affected families

Section - 108 - Option to affected families to avail better compensation and rehabilitation and resettlement

Section - 109 - Power of appropriate Government to make rules

Section - 110 - Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament

Section - 111 - Rules made by State Government to be laid before State Legislature

Section - 112 - Previous publication of rules made by Central and State Government

Section - 113 - Power to remove difficulties.

Section - 114 - Repeal and saving

First Schedule - Compensation for land owners

Second Schedule - Elements of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Entitlements for all the Affected Families (Both Land Owners and the Families Whose Livelihood is Primarily Dependent on Land Acquired) in Addition to those Provided in the First Schedule

Third Schedule - Provision of infrastructural amenities

Fourth Schedule - List of Enactments Regulating Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement

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