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| (1) Where an action instituted by any person against the State for vindication of title to any land alienated under this Law has been decided in favour of such person, and where the Minister approves the acquisition of that land by the State, that land shall accordingly be deemed to be required for a public purpose and may be acquired compulsorily under the land Acquisition Act. |
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| (2) For the purposes of the assessment of compensation in respect of any land which is referred to in subsection (1) and which is acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, subsection (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 subsection, the words " on the day immediately preceding the date of alienation of that land by the State under the Sale of State Lands (Special Provisions) Law.". |
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