(1) It Shall be th<:: duty of every holder of a submi;sion Village Office in the prescribed manner- of Records and delivery of possession ( ) d 1. ll d . . . of land. a to e iver a recor s m?,mtarned by him before the appo1ntd date in respect of the land or village held by him in relation to his office: and 484 THE GANJAM AND BouoH (Or. Act (Sec. 8)
(b) to render all accounts appertaining to his office in respect of dues payable by and to him.
(2) Whoever without sufficient cause fails to comply with the provisions of any of the clauses of sub-section (J) within thirty days from the date of service of a notice in that behalf or such further period as the Collector may allow, shall be punisha ble on conviction with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees and in the case of continuing failure, with an additional fine which may extend to ten rupees for everyday during which such failure conti nues after the conviction for the first such failure.
(3) The Collector may for the purpose of recove ring the record specified in clause (a) of sub-section (J) issue a search warrant and exercise all such powers with respect thereto as may be lawfully exercised by a Magistrate under Chapter VII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. 5 of t898 Determina- • tion of 8. (J) If any person ts aggrieved by the provjsions ~:~b~~it~n of this Act on the ground that it provides for the amounts to acquisition of property by the State, such person may acquisition. apply within a period of three months from the appointed date to the Collector for the determination of the question and the compensation, if any, payable in respect thereof.
(2) The Collector shall after holding an enquiry and giving all parties interested an oppertunity of being heard determine the right to and the amount of such compensation, if any, as may be payable, so far as may be in accordance with the provisions of sub· section (1) of section 23 and section 24 of the Land 1 of 1894 Acquisition Act, 1894:
Provided that in determining the compensation the Collector shall take into account the value of the interest acquired by such person as a result of the settlement of land, if any, in accordance with the provisions of section 5.
(3) Any amount paid as compensation in respect of any land settled under section 5 with any person other than the holder of the Village Office shall be realised by the State Government from such person and all such amounts shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.
l of 1970) (VILLAGE OFF1cEs ABOunON) A.er, 1969 485 36 of 1963 (Secs. 9-13)
(4) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Collector under sub-section (2) may, within thirty days of such decision, prefer an appeal to the Board of Revenue.
9. In giving effect to the provisions of section 5 ~e~~eTr:\r no premium sh<dl be charged for the settlement of p~emium.
lands and the rent, if any, assessed and in force immediately before the appointed date shall, in the absence of any proof to the contrary, be deemed to be the fair 9.nd equitable rent.
10. The State Government may, by rules made Procedure to · h b If ·r · h 11 · 1 · be followed in m t at eha , spec1 y e1t er genera y or m re atlon proceedings.
to any particular area the time within which, the authorities bv whom and the manner in which proceedings in respect of matters under section 5 including matters preliminary, incidental or ancillary thereto shall be commenced, heard and disposed of.