Section 2
Procedure in such cases.
The Waste-Lands (Claims) Act, 1863
About this Act
WHEREAS it is expedient to make special provision for the speedy adjudication of claims which may be preferred to waste lands proposed to be sold, or otherwise dealt with, on account of Government, and of objections taken to the sale or other disposition of such lands ; It is enacted as follows.
The Collector or other Officer as aforesaid, shall call upon the claimant
or objector to produce any evidence or documents, upon which he may rely in proof of his claim or
objection ; and after considering the same, and making any further enquiry that may appear proper, shall
dispose of the case by an order for the admission or rejection of the claim or objection ; and if the land is
proposed to be sold, for the sale of the same subject to any condition or reservation which, to such
Collector or other Officer as aforesaid, shall appear to be proper. If the land is ordered to be sold subject
to any condition or reservation, such condition or reservation shall be notified to intending purchasers at
the time of sale.