Section 12
Inquiry and award by Collector.
The Works of Defence Act, 1903
About this Act
An Act to provide for imposing restrictions upon the use and enjoyment of land in the vicinity of works of defence in order that such land may be kept free from buildings and other obstructions, and for determining the amount of compensation to be made on account of such imposition.
On the day fixed under section 9 or on any other day to which
the inquiry has been adjourned, the Collector shall proceed to inquire into the objections (if any) which any
person interested has stated pursuant to a notice given under the said section to the measurements made under
section 8, and into the decrease in the value of the land, and into the respective interests of the persons
claiming the compensation, and shall make an award under his hand of--
(a) the true area of the land and the nature of the obstructions from which the land is to be kept free;
(b) the compensation which in his opinion should be allowed for any damage caused or to be caused under section 6 and for any restrictions imposed under section 7; and
(c) the apportionment of the said compensation among all the persons known or believed to be interested in the land, of whom or of whose claims he has information, whether they have respectively appeared before him or not.
(a) the true area of the land and the nature of the obstructions from which the land is to be kept free;
(b) the compensation which in his opinion should be allowed for any damage caused or to be caused under section 6 and for any restrictions imposed under section 7; and
(c) the apportionment of the said compensation among all the persons known or believed to be interested in the land, of whom or of whose claims he has information, whether they have respectively appeared before him or not.