(1) Where any land has been requisitioned under section 3, the Provincial Government may use or. deal with it in such manner as may appear to it to be expedient and may acquire such land by publishing in the. Offi,:ial Gazette, a notice to the effect that the Provincial Govern ment has decidcc1 to acquire such land in pursuance of this section.
(2) Where a notice as aforesaid is published in the Official Gazette, the requisitioned land shall, on and from the beginning of the day on which the notice is so publish ed, vest absolutely in the . Provincial Government free from all incumbrances and the period of requisition of such land shall end.
5. (Z) Ater the publication of· .a notice under sub section (1) of section 4, the Collector shall cause public notice to be given at convenient places on or near the land to be taken, stating that the Provincial Government has acquired the land, and that claims to compensation for all interests in such land may be made to him.
(2) Such notice shall state the particulars of the land so acquired, and shall require all persons interested in the land to appear personally or by agent before the Collector at a time and place therein mentioned (such time not being earlier than :fifteen days after the date of publication of the notice), and to state the nature of their respective interests in the. land and the amount and particulars of their claims to compensation for such . interests. The Collector may in" any case require such statement to be made in writing and signed by the party or his agent. · •
(3) The Collector shall also serve notice in the manner prescribed on the occupier (if any) of such land and on all such persons ·known or believed to be interested therein, or to be entitled to act for persons so interested, as reside or have agents authorised to receive service on their behalf, with in the revenue district in which the land is situate.
(4) In case any person so interested resides elsewhere, and has no such agent, the notice shall be sent to him. by· registered post in a letter addressed to him at his last known residence, address or place of business.