81. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 165, and shall have effect as section 165A, of the principal enactment: -
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| | (1) Where an action instituted by any person against the Crown for vindication of title to any land alienated under this Ordinance has been decided in favour of such person, and where the Minister approves the acquisition of that land by the Crown, that land shall be deemed to be required for a public purpose and may accordingly be acquired compulsorily under the Land Acquisition Act. | | |
| | (2) For the purposes of the assessment of compensation in respect of any land which is referred to in sub-section (1) and which is acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, sub-section (1) of section 45 of that Act shall have effect as if there were substituted, for the words " on the date of publication of that notice in the Gazette " occurring in that sub-section, the words " on the day immediately preceding the date of alienation of that land by the Crown under the Land Development Ordinance." '. | | |
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