(1) The amount as finally determined under this Act shall, within such period as may be prescribed, be paid either in cash or in bonds or partly in cash and partly in bonds as the Government may prescribe.
(2) (a) The bonds shall be issued on such terms and carry such rate of interest as may be prescribed.
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(b) The interest shall be paid in the case of any kudiyiruppu or superstructure with effect from the date of vesting *[under the provisions of this Act].
+[15. Omitted] Issue of title deed
16. +[The authorised officer shall issue a title deed in such form and imposing such conditions as may be prescribed to every occupant of Kudiyiruppu in whom the kudiyiruppu and the superstructure, if any, has vested under the provisions of this Act].
Prohibition of transfer of kudiyiruppu or superstructure
17. +[(1) The rights of a person in whom the kudiyiruppu or superstructure has vested under the provisions of this Act are heritable but not alienable:
Provided that such person or his heir or legal representative may surrender at any time, the kudiyiruppu with or without superstructure, as the case may be, free from all encumbrances to the Government.
(2) Any transfer made in contravention of sub-section (1) shall be void and the kudiyiruppu with or without superstructure, as the case may be, so transferred shall vest in the Government free from all encumbrances from the date of such transfer and no claim from the transferee shall lie as against Government in respect of such kudiyiruppu with superstructure, if any.
(3) Where any kudiyiruppu with or without any superstructure, as the case may be, is surrendered under the proviso to sub-section (1), any amount which the original occupant or heir or legal representative or such person has already paid to the Government before the date of publication of the Puducherry Occupants of Kudiyiruppu (Conferment of Ownership) (Amendment) Act, 1982 shall be refunded within such period and in such manner as may be prescribed to the person entitled to receive it.
* Amended by Act 5 of 1983 and shall be deemed to have come into force w.e.f 01.12.1974.
+ Amended by Act 5 of 1983 which came into force w.e.f 04.06.1983.
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(4) The kudiyiruppu with or without superstructure, as the case may be, surrendered to or vesting in the Government, under the proviso to sub-section (1) or under sub-section (2) may be allotted to any agriculturist or agricultural labourer by the Government and on such allotment, the kudiyiruppu with or without superstructure, as the case may be, shall vest in such agriculturist or agricultural labourer and the provisions of this Act shall apply to such vesting.
(5) In the event of the death of any person in whom the kudiyiruppu, with superstructure, if any, had vested under the provisions of this Act, the person to whom the title of the deceased may be transferred as heir or other-wise shall give notice of such transfer to such officer and in such form as may be prescribed, within three months from the date of death of the deceased.
(6) The person to whom the title passes shall, if so required, be bound to produce before the officer prescribed under sub-section (5) any document evidencing such succession].
Transitional provision in regard to certain liabilities