Section 8

(1)

On the day so fixed, or on any other day to which the' inquiry has been adjourned, the Land Officer shall pro-ceed to inquire into the objections, if any, which any person interested has stated pursuant to a notice given under sec-tion 6 to the measurements as surveyed and into the value of the land and into the respective interests of the persons claiming the compensation and shall make an award under his hand of

(a)

where the land has been surveyed to the satisfaction of the Land Officer, the true area, or where the land has not been so surveyed, the approximate area;

(b)

the compensation which in his opmton should be allowed for the said land in accordance with the directions contained in sections 17 and 18;

(c)

the apportionment of the said compensation among all persons known or believed to be in-terested in the land of whom or of whose claims he has information whether or not they have respec-tively appeared before him.

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Inquiry and award by

Land Officer

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Officer to be final

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Land Acquisition

(2)

In any such inquiry the Land Officer shall have the same power of summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses including the parties interested or any of them and of compelling the production of documents by the same means and so far as may be in the same manner as is pro-vided in the case of a Court under the written law with regard to civil procedure.

(3)

When the amount of compensation has been set-tled under subsection (1), if any dispute arises as to the apportionment of the same or any part thereof or as to the persons to whom the same or any part thereof is payable the

Land Officer may refer such dispute to the decision of the

Court.

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Part III

Reference to Court and Procedure Thereon

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Part IV

Payment

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Part VI

Miscellaneous

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