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The Chittagong Hill-tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation, 1958

(EAST PAKISTAN REGULATION NO. I OF 1958)

Compensation

4.     (1) When any land is acquired under section 3, the 1[Government] shall pay compensation therefor as may be determined by the Deputy Commissioner and in determining the amount of such compensation, the Deputy Commissioner shall take into consideration,-

firstly, the market value of the land on the date of the order of acquisition, but he shall not take into consideration the changes in the value of the land resulting from the project to which the acquisition relates;

secondly, the damage sustained by the person interested by reason of the taking of any structures, bamboos, trees or standing crops which may be on the land at the time of the Deputy Commissioner’s taking possession thereof;

thirdly, the damage, if any, sustained by the person interested at the time of the Deputy Commissioner’s taking possession of the land by reason of severing such land from his other land;

fourthly, the damage, if any, sustained by the person interested at the time of the Deputy Commissioner’s taking possession of the land, by reason of the acquisition injuriously affecting his other property, movable or immovable, in any other manner, or his earnings;

fifthly, if in consequence of the acquisition of the land by the Deputy Commissioner the person interested is compelled to change his residence or place of business, the reasonable expenses, if any, incidental to such change; and

sixthly, the damage, if any, bona fide resulting from diminution of the profits of the land between the time of the service of a copy of the order or publication of the notice under sub-section (2) of section 3 and the time of the Deputy Commissioner’s taking possession of the land.

2[(2) In addition to the market value of the land, as provided above, the Deputy Commissioner shall, in every case, award a sum of 200 (two hundred) per centum for public purpose and 300 (three hundred) per centum for private purpose on such market value, in consideration of the compulsory nature of the acquisition.]


  • 1
    The word "Government" was replaced, for the words "Governor of East Pakistan" by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 48 of 1972).
  • 2
    Sub-section (2) was substituted by section 2 of Chittagong Hill Tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act No 3 of 2019).
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