Section 6:
Method of assessing compensation.
(1) For the purpose of determining the amount of any
compensation payable under section 5, the Collector of the district in which any notified area is situate
shall depute one or more Revenue Officers to accompany the forces engaged in the practice.
(2) The Revenue Officer so deputed shall consider all claims for compensation under section 5 and
determine, on local investigation and after affording the claimant an opportunity of being heard, the
amount of compensation, if any, which shall be awarded in each case; and shall disburse on the spot to the
claimant compensation so determined as payable.
(3) Compensation payable under sub-section (2) shall include compensation for the removal from any
portion of a notified area declared to be a danger zone of any person, property or vessel and for any
damage sustained in the course of any such removal. The compensation for removal will be disbursed on
the spot at not less than the minimum prescribed rates before the removal is enforced.
(4) Any claimant dissatisfied with the refusal of the Revenue Officer to award him compensation or
with the amount of compensation awarded to him by the Revenue Officer, may, at any time within one
month of the communication to him of the decision of the Revenue Officer, prefer an appeal to the
Collector against the decision.
(5) The decision of the Collector on such appeal shall be final and no suit shall lie in any civil Court
in respect of any matter decided by the Collector under this section.
(6) No fee shall be charged in connection with any claim, notice, appeal, application or document
filed before the Revenue Officer or the Collector under this section.