Section 45: Apportionment of amount for acquisition.

(1) Where the owner of the land and the owner of the building thereon are different persons, or several persons claim to be interested in the amount for acquisition determined under the last preceding section, the Land Acquisition Officer shall determine the persons who in his opinion are entitled to receive the same and the sum payable to each of them.

(2) If any dispute arises as to the apportionment of the amount or any part, thereof or as to the persons to whom the same or any part thereof is payable, the Land Acquisition Officer may refer the dispute to the decision of the Tribunal; and the Tribunal in deciding any such dispute shall follow the provisions of Part III of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894).