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Section 16. Tenants form whom land is resumed to be paid compensation for improvement, and solatium
THE MAHE LAND REFORMS ACT, 1968
Act no. 1 of 19681968In forcePuducherry (State Act)
16. *[ (1) A tenant from whom land is resumed under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to --- (i) compensation for the improvements belonging to him; or (ii) a solatium of an amount equal to value of the gross produce from the land resumed for a period of two years. whichever is greater.] (2) The compensation payable under clause (i) of sub-section (1) shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of sections 17 to 28 of this Act.