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MADHYA PRADESH PUBLIC SECURITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1965

MADHYA PRADESH PUBLIC SECURITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1965

THE MADHYA PRADESH PUBLIC SECURITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1965

[Act No. 31 of 1965]

[20th October, 1965]

PREAMBLE

An Act further to amend the Madhya Pradesh Public Security Act, 1959

Be it enacted by the Madhya Pradesh Legislature in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Section 1 - Short title

This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Public Security (Amendment) Act, 1965.

Section 2 - Amendment of section 1

For sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Madhya Pradesh Public Security Act, 1959 (25 of 1959) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) the following subsection shall be substituted, namely:--

"(3) It shall cease to have effect on the expiration of nine years from its commencement, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such expiration." 

Section 3 - Amendment of 18

For paragraph (vi) of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 18 of the principal Act, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:--

"(vi) in determining the amount of compensation the Court shall have regard to the following principles--

(A)     Where the amount of compensation is payable for the requisitioning of any property under clause (a) of sub-section (1) it shall consist of--

(a)      a recurring payment, in respect of the period of requisition, of a sum equal to the rent which would have been payable for the use and occupation of the property, if it had been taken on lease for that period ; and

(b)      such sum or sums, if any, as may be found necessary to compensate the person interested for all or any of the following matters, namely:--

(i)       pecuniary loss due to requisitioning 

(ii)      expenses on account of vacating the requisitioned premises ;

(iii)     expenses on account of reoccupying the premises upon release from requisition ; and

(iv)    damages (other than normal wear and tear) caused to the property during the period of requisition, including the expenses that may have to be incurred for restoring the property to the condition in which it was at the time of requisition ; and

(B)     Where the compensation is payable for the acquisition of property under clause (b) of sub-section (1), it shall be--

(a)      the price which the requisitioned property would have fetched in the open market, if it had remained in the same condition as it was at the time of requisitioning and been sold on the date of acquisition ; or

(b)      twice the price which the requisitioned property would have fetched in the open market if it had been sold on the date of requisition, whichever is less."