LawgistThe Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act
1Short title, extent and duration
(1) This Act may be called the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
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1. Sub-section (3) omitted by Act 1 of 1970, s. 2 (w.e.f. 11-3-1970).
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and duration
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Power to requisition immovable property
- 4 Power to take possession of requisitioned property
- 5 Rights over requisitioned property
- 6 Release from requisitioning
- 7 Power to acquire requisitioned property
- 8 Principles and method of determining compensation
- 9 Payment of compensation
- 10 Appeals from orders of requisitioning
- 11 Appeals from awards in respect of compensation
- 12 Competent authority and arbitrator to have certain powers of civil courts
- 13 Power to obtain information
- 14 Power to enter and inspect
- 15 Service of notice and orders
- 16 Easement not to be disturbed
- 17 Delegation of powers
- 18 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 19 Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts
- 20 Penalty for offences
- 21 Certain persons to be public servants
- 22 Power to make rules
- 23 Validation of certain requisitions and acquisitions
- 24 Repeals and savings
- 25 Special provision as to certain requisitions under Act 51 of 1962
- 26 Special provision as to certain requisitions under Act 42 of 1971
