Section 44A: Tribunal to exercise powers and perform duties of Collector in certain areas for certain purposes of Act to the exclusion of Collector.

[44A. Tribunal to exercise powers and perform duties of Collector in certain areas for certain purposes of Act to the exclusion of Collector.- Where a Tribunal has been constituted or re-constituted under section 2A for any area or areas or for any purpose or purposes of this Act or for any provision or provisions thereof then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Tribunal alone, to the exclusion of the Collector, shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the Collector under any of the provisions of this Act (except the provisions of sub-section (6) of section 2A) [or sub-section (2) of section 45A] or any rules thereunder in relation to such area or areas or in relation to such purpose or purposes or in relation to such provision or provisions, and reference in any such provision of this Act or the rules to the Collector shall be deemed to be a reference to the Tribunal, and those provisions shall be construed accordingly.