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Land Acquisition Act · s 18

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s 18

In determining the amount of compensation to be awarded for land acquired under this Act the Court shall not take into consideration-

(a)

the degree of urgency which has led to the acquisition;

(b)

any disinclination of the person interested to part with the land acquired;

(c)

any damage sustained by the person in-terested which if caused by a private person would not be a good cause of action;

(d)

any damage which is likely to be caused to the land acquired after the date of the posting of the declaration under section 5 by or in consequ-ence of the use to which it will be put;

(e)

any increase to the value of the land ac-quired lik'dy to accrue from the use to which it will be put when acquired;

(f)

any outlay on additions or improvements to the land acquired which was incurred after the date

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of the posting of the declaration under section 5

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unless such additions to improvements were neces-sary for the maintenance of any building in a prop-er state of repair; and

(g)

any improvements to the land made without the prior consent of the Land Officer after the pub-lication of the notification under subsection (1) of section 4 or, if no such notification was published, any improven1ents made without the consent of

Land Acquisition the Land Officer after the posting of the declara-tion under section 5.