Section 243: Payment of compensation

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 20 of 2000

(1) The municipality may make compensation out of the municipal fund to any person sustaining any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers vested in the municipality, its employees, under this Act, and shall make such compensation where the damage was caused by the negligence of the municipality, its employees and the person sustaining the damage was not himself in default in the matter in respect of which the power was exercised.

(2) Should any dispute, for the settlement of which no express provision is made by any other section, arise touching the amount of any compensation which the municipality, is by this Act required to pay or empowered to receive for injury to or respect any building or land, it shall be settled in such manner as the parties may agree, or, in default of agreement, in the manner provided by [the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Act 2013 (30 of 2013)], with reference to the acquisition of and payment of compensation for land for public purpose so far as it can be made applicable.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000
Section	243
Marginal note	Payment of compensation
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, S.O. 3466 of 2020. Substituted for “the Land Acquisition Act, 1990” by S.O. 3466 of 2020.

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