Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act : OPTION IN CERTAIN CASES FOR OWNER ON WHOM NOTICE IS ISSUED UNDER

Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act,1923

Act No : 6

Section : OPTION IN CERTAIN CASES FOR OWNER ON WHOM NOTICE IS ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7 TO CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE

SECTION 13: OPTION IN CERTAIN CASES FOR OWNER ON WHOM NOTICE IS ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7 TO CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE

(1) If a house, in respect of which a notice is issued under section7-, is shown to the satisfaction of the37 [Central Government], or is proved by a decree or order of a Court of competent jurisdiction, to have been erected-

(a) under any conditions, rules, regulations or orders which were in force in Bengal prior to the eighth day of December, 1864, and conferred on the owner the option of offering the house for sale to the military officer applying for its appropriation for his occupation or to the East India Company or the Government, or

(b) under any conditions, rules regulations or orders which were in force in Bombay prior to the first day of June, 1875, and conferred such an option as is described in clause (a), then the owner shall have the option of either complying with the notice of offering the house38[for sale to the Central Government].

(2) If the owner elects to sell the house, and37[Central Government] is willing to purchase it, the question of the amount of the purchase-money to be paid shall, in the event of disagreement, be referred to39[a Civil Court, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV].