The Assam Acquisition of Land for Flood Control and Prevention of Erosion (Amendment) Act, 1962
**ASSAM ACT No.XXXI OF 1962**

THE ASSAM ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR FLOOD CONTROL

AND PREVENTION OF EROSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1962

(As passed by the Assembly)

**Received the assent of the President on the 18th October 1962**

[Published ingthc _Assam Gazette Extraordinary," dated the_

23rd October 1962]

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_Act_

_further to am end the Assam Acquisition o f Land fo r Flood Control and Prevention_

_o f Erosion Act, 1955_

Preamble Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Assam

Acquisition of Land for Flood Control and Prevention
of Erosion Act, 1955, hereinafter called the principal
Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing ;

It is hereby enacted in the Thirteenth Year of the

Republic ol India as follows :—

Short title, 1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam Acquisi­
extent and tion of Land for Flood Control and Prevention of
commence­

Erosion (Amendment) Act, 1962.

ment.

(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal

Act.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Amendment 2. In section 2 of the principal Act, for clause (2),

of Section 2 the following shall be substituted, namely :—
of Assam

1955[V I] °[f] “ (2) ‘Collector’ means the Deputy Commissioner,

the Subdivisional Officer in-charge of Subdivision or
any other officer empowered under Section 3 to
perform the functions of a Collector.”

Amendment 3. In section 3 of the principal Act, for the words

of Section 3 officer as is empowered in this behalf”, the

Act VS1Iof w o r ds “the Collector or such other officer as is

1955. empowered to perform the functions of the Collector”

shall be substituted.

Insertion of 4, After section 16 of the principal Act, the

in Assam Section 17 fo ]]o w jn g 0 s hall be inserted as section 17, namely:—

Act VI of

1955.
“Validation. 17. Notwithstanding anything contained in this

Act, as originally enacted before the coming into

force of the Assam Acquisition of Land for Flood


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Control and Prevention of Erosion (Amendment) Act,
1962, any action taken or purported to have been

taken by any officer in pursuance of any notification
issued under Section 3 of this Act, shall be deemed
to hav.e been validly taken, as if this Act had been
in force, as amended by the Assam Acquisition of
Land for Flood Control and Prevention of Erosion
(Amendment) Act, 1962, and as if the officer

empowered under the said Section was legally com­
petent to act under this Act and shall not be called
in question in any Court on the ground of incompe­
tency of the officer to act under this Act.”


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