117. Where a Municipality, for the purpose of exercising any power or performing any duty conferred or imposed upon it by or under this or any other enactment, desires the [State Government] to acquire on its behalf, permanently or temporarily, any land or any respect of land under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, or of other existing law, the [State Government] may, at the request of the Municipality, [in the manner prescribed] acquire such land or such right under the aforesaid provisions ; and, on payment by the board to the [State Government] of the compensation awarded thereunder and of the charges incurred by the [State Government] in connexion with the proceedings, the land or right, as the case may be, shall rest in the Municipality.
Section 117: Compulsory acquisition of land
Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 2 of 1916
Where this provision sits
| Act | Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Section | 117 |
| Marginal note | Compulsory acquisition of land |
| Jurisdiction | State of Uttar Pradesh |
| 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.
- other, U. P. Act XV of 1951. In accordance with section 2 (1) of Uttar Pradesh Municipalities (Supplementary and Validation) Act, 1951 (U. P. Act XV of 1951) (see appendix to this Act) during the period commencing from June 21, 1949 and until a new board is constituted by the first General Elections held under the U. P. Municipalities Act, 1916, next after the commencement of the aforesaid Act XV of 1951 the following amende…
- substituted. Subs. by A. O. 1950 for (Provl. Govt.), which had been Subs. by the A. O. 1937 for (L.G.).
- other, U. P. Act VII of 1949. Add. by sec. 67 of U. P. Act VII of 1949.
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