(1) Any land or interest in land which, in the opinion of the [State Government] 1 it is necessary to acquire in pursuance of a scheme notified under section 12 shall for the purposes of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 be deemed to be required for a public purpose.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 23 of the said Act the market value of such land at the date of the publication of the declaration relating thereto under section 6 of that Act shall be deemed to be the market value at the time of the issue of the preliminary order under section 3 of this Act.
PART IV RECOVERY OF EXPENDITURE Alternative modes of recoupment by the State Government
19. The [State Government] 1 may compensate or recoup itself for any expenditure which it incurs, or agrees to incur in the carrying out of any approved scheme of construction or maintenance, or of both in anyone or more of the following methods, namely:
(a) by the levy from the owners of land within the beneficed area, whether such benefit takes the form of' direct irrigation, percolation, submersion. Improvement of the water-supply in wells or drainage of excessive water or otherwise, of a uniform rate or of differential rates imposed on such a land in accordance with rules made by the [State Government] 1 :
(b) by the recovery from any owners executing an agreement under clause (h) (i) or clause (h) (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 10 of any sums due thereunder; or
(c) by the realization of miscellaneous income arising from the management by the [State Government] 1 of the work.
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