State Act

The Nagaland (Ownership & Transfer of Land and its Resources Act,1990

64. (1) Whenever any land in the State is proposed to be acquired for the purpose of conservation, development, exploration or exploitation of any land and its resources or for the establishment or development of any industry or for any other purposes of this Act, such acquisition shall he deemed to be needed for a public purpose. (2) The provisions of the Nagaland (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1965 shall apply to every acquisition of land for the purposes specified in Sub-section (1), and in its application to any acquisition of land for any such purpose, the Act aforesaid shall apply subject to the following amendments, namely:- (i) in Section 2, in the Explanation to Clause (a), for the words “and easements”, the words “easements and minerals and minerals oils” shall be substituted; (ii) after Section 9, the following Section shall be inserted, namely:- Speedy acquisition of land for mineral development etc. 9A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, if in the opinion of the State Government, it is necessary or expedient to acquire speedily any land for public works including the development of such land for the purpose of exploration, exploitation or conservation of minerals or for the purpose of establishment or development of any industry, that Government may, by an order in writing, acquire the land and on such order being made, the provisions of Sub-section (2) of Section 9 with regard to the service of an order for the acquisition of land under Sub-section (1) of Section 9 shall also apply to the service of an order for acquisition of any land made under this Section and references therein to Sub-section (1) of Section 9 shall be construed as including references to an order made under this Section. (2) The provisions of Section 10 with regard to the vesting and taking possession of land acquired under Sub-section (1) of section 9 shall also apply to the vesting and taking possession of land acquired under Sub-section (1) of Section 9A and references in Section 10 to Section 9 shall be construed as including references to an order made under Sub-section (I) of the Section 9A, (3) The provisions of Sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 11 with regard to the determination of compensation to be paid for the acquisition of any land under Sub-section (1) of Section 9 shall also-apply to the determination of compensation to be paid for the acquisition of any land under Sub-section (1) of this Section and references in the said Sub-sections of Section 11 to Section 9 shall be construed as including references to the determination of compensation to be paid for requisition of any land under this Section”