15 Land Acquisition · 15.4 RFCTLARR Act 2013: urgency, Authority and miscellaneous

15.4.1 RFCTLARR Section 40: urgency acquisition and its extra compensation

Section 40 lets the Collector take possession before the award — 30 days after the s.21 notice — but only for the minimum area needed for defence, national security or natural-calamity emergencies, after tendering 80% of the estimated compensation, and the owner then gets an extra 75% of the compensation.

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  • urgency clause
  • section 40
  • defence of India
  • national security
  • natural calamities
  • approval of Parliament
  • thirty days after section 21 notice
  • forty-eight hours notice
  • 80 per cent tender
  • 75 per cent additional compensation
  • section 9 SIA exemption
  • section 17 of 1894 Act

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