Section 5:
Hearing of Objections.
(1) Any person interested in the land may, within twenty-one days from
the date of the notification under sub-section (1) of section 3, object to the laying of the pipelines under
the land.
(2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the competent authority in writing and
shall set out the grounds thereof and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of
being heard either in person of by a legal practitioner and may, after hearing all such objections and after
making such further inquiry, if any, as that authority thinks necessary, by order either allow or disallow
the objections.
(3) Any order made by the competent authority under sub-section (2) shall be final.