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| (1) Section 32 of the Land Reform Law is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2) thereof of the following new subsections:"
| | ' (3) Where a person is entitled to compensation under subsection (1) in respect of any agricultural land vested in the Commission, the Chairman of the Commission shall, after reasonable, notice to such person pay from the amount of such compensation, to the Commissioner of Labour, any sum certified under the hand of the Commissioner of Labour to the Commission, to be due from such person as arrears of salary, provident fund contributions, gratuity or other monetary, benefits to any person employed on such land. | | |
| | (4) The sum paid by the Chairman of the Commission on the certificate issued by the Commissioner shall be a first charge on the compensation payable to the employer. | | |
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| (2) The amendments made to section 32 of the Land Reform Law. by subsection (1) of this, section, shall be deemed to have come into operation on August 26, 1972. |
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