Section 23
Compensation for land sold subject to condition, if claim proved, though not preferred in time.
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.
If the land have been sold subject to any condition or reservation, or have been otherwise disposed
of, on account of 1[the State Government], and any claim to such land, or objection to the sale or other
disposition of the land, shall be proved to the satisfaction of the 1[the State Government], although not
preferred to the Collector or other Officer as aforesaid, or to the Court constituted under this Act, within
the period prescribed by this Act, 1[the State Government] may award to such claimant or objector such
amount as to such State Government may appear to be the value of the interest of such claimant or
objector in such land.
Notes
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for "Govt.".