15.2 RFCTLARR Act 2013: acquisition procedure notes

1. 15.2.1RFCTLARR Sections 4–10 and 14: Social Impact Assessment, Expert Group, food-security safeguard and SIA lapse

   Before any preliminary notification, the Government must carry out a Social Impact Assessment (s.4, within six months), hold a public hearing (s.5), publish the report (s.6), get it appraised by an Expert Group (s.7, within two months) and examine it (s.8); s.10 protects irrigated multi-cropped land, and s.14 makes the SIA lapse if no s.11 notification follows within twelve months of appraisal.

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2. 15.2.2RFCTLARR Sections 11–15: preliminary notification, its effect, survey and objections

   The s.11 preliminary notification announces that land is "required or likely to be required" for a public purpose, freezes transactions in it (s.11(4)), allows survey of the land (ss.12–13), and opens a 60-day window for objections (s.15); its date is also the reference date for market value.

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3. 15.2.3RFCTLARR Sections 16–20: R&R scheme, declaration (s.19) and marking of land

   After the preliminary notification, the Administrator surveys affected families and prepares a draft R&R scheme (s.16), the Collector reviews it with the R&R Committee (s.17), the Commissioner R&R approves it (s.18), and the Government then issues the s.19 declaration with a summary of the scheme — within twelve months of the s.11 notification, after the Requiring Body deposits the cost — followed by marking and measurement (s.20).

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4. 15.2.4RFCTLARR Sections 21–25: notice to persons interested, enquiry, award and time limit for award

   After the declaration, the Collector issues a public notice (s.21) calling persons interested to state claims on a date 30 days to 6 months away, may demand statements of interests (s.22), holds an enquiry and makes the award (s.23) stating the true area, compensation, R&R award and apportionment, and must do so within twelve months of the s.19 declaration or the proceedings lapse (s.25).

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5. 15.2.5RFCTLARR Sections 33–39: correction of award, possession and additional compensation

   The Collector may correct clerical or arithmetical errors in an award within six months (s.33), has civil-court powers for the enquiry (s.35), and may take possession only after paying compensation within three months and monetary R&R within six months of the award, with infrastructure entitlements within eighteen months (s.38); a family displaced again gets additional compensation equal to the compensation (s.39).

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