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REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

P:XTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 2 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 48] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1963/KARTIKA 28, 1885

LOK SABHA

The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on the 19th Nov- ember, 1963:—

BILL NO. 43 or 1963

A Bill further to amend the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immo- vable Property Act, 1952.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the

Republic of India as follows:—

1. This Act may be called the Requisitioning and Acquisition Short title.

of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act, 1963.

5 2. In section 1 of the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Amendment of section 1.

30 of 1952.

Property Act, 1952, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: —

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10 of 1897.

" (3) It shall cease to have effect on the 14th day of March, 1970, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such cesser of operation of this Act, and section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, shall apply upon such cesser of operation as if it had then been repealed by a Central Act,".

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Propery Act, 1952, which empowers the Central Government to requisition im- movable property for the purposes of the Union and to acquire requisitioned property under certain circumstances is due to expire on the 14th March, 1964.

It is common knowledge that with the continued expansion of developmental activities of the Government there has been an appreciable increase in the demand for office and residential accom- modation, As at present, the shortage estimated is approximately 59 lakh sq. ft. of office accommodation and 74,000 units of residential accommodation in Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. Any step to release the property held under requisition at this stage will only aggravate the existing shortage. At the same time, it may not be possible to acquire that property in view of the expenditure involved which may run into several crores of rupees. The conversion of existing requisitioning into leases, besides being expensive, la fraught with much difficulty as landlords are generally averse to making leases in favour of Government. Under the present circumstances, therefore, the need to requisition or continue under requisition pro- perty for essential Union purposes is likely to persist for some time to come. Accprdingly, it is proposed that the life of the existing Act be extended for a further period of six years ie. up to the 13th day of March, 1970.

MEHR CHAND KHANNA.

NEW DELHI;

The 4t/i November, 1963-

FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM

The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952, which empowers the Central Government to requisition im- movable property for the purposes of the Union and to acquire requisitioned property under certain circumstances is due to expire on the 14th March, 1064. This Bill seeks to extend the life of th" existing Act for a further period of six years i.e. up to the 13th day of March, 1970. The power of the Central Government to requisition immovable property for the purposes of the Union and to acquire requisitioned property will continue and some of the property which is subject to requisition at present may continue to be subject to requisition for some time more. The continuance of the Act does not, however, necessarily involve any additional expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India. On the contrary if the Government releases the property held at present under requisition, it would have to take lease of other property and pay rent in respect thereof which in the conditions now prevailing would be much greater. As the number of requisitioned property varies from time to time and as requisitioned property can also be acquired, it is extremely diffi> cult to give an estimate of the amount of compensation that may be payable in respect of requisitioned property for any future period. At the present moment, however, it is estimated that the amount of annual expenditure on account of payment of compensation for requisitioned property would be of the order of Rs. 50 lakhs.

M. N. KAUL,

Secretary.

CORRIGENDA

In the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II—Section 2—

1. No. 34, dated the 13th August, 1963: —

(iii) Page 513, line 24 from the top, for 'or* read 'or¹;

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