State Act
Section 377
Art. 377 – On the expiry of the period of ten days, the administrator shall fix the date and will direct to notify the complainant and the encroacher for the appointment of experts, in order to inspect the land and carry out the local investigation of the land which is the object of encroachment. One of the experts shall be nominated by the complainant, the other by the encroacher and the third by the administrator. § 1. Members of the respective comunidade shall not be appointed as the experts. § 2. At the time of appointment of experts, the administrator shall fix the day for inspection, by directing that, besides the experts, the members of the managing committee and the lessee of the land encroached to attend the same. § 3. The presence in the inspection of the denouncer and the encroacher is not required, although either of them may have appeared at the time on appointment of experts. §4. The complainant, the encroacher and the attorney may formulate queries they feel deemed necessary and present any documents and the administrator may direct the enquire to follow any procedure that he may think necessary to get the matter clarified. §5. The result of the local investigation shall be drawn on the site and shall be prepared by the secretary of the administration office. The encroachment of land shall be evaluated, measured and demarcated. §6. The members of the managing committee and the lease holder of the land encroached shall be heard in the act of proceedings and they shall give their views, to be recorded in the inspection report.