Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 9 of 2013)

178 Acts 2013 THE LAND ACQUISITION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013 Act No. 9 of 2013 I assent Rajkeswur PURRYAG 24 May 2013 President of the Republic ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Section 14 of principal Act amended 4. Section 18 of principal Act amended An Act To amend the Land Acquisition Act ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows – 1. Short title ThisAct may be cited as the LandAcquisition (Amendment)Act 2013. 2. Interpretation In this Act – “principal Act” means the Land Acquisition Act. 3. Section 14 of principal Act amended Section 14 of the principal Act is amended by adding the following new subsections – (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the authorised officer may, pending the award of the Board, make an interim payment of compensation to an interested person of such amount as may be determined by the Director, Valuation and Real Estate Consultancy Services. (4) The authorised officer shall cause the Board to be informed of any payment made under subsection (3). 4. Section 18 of principal Act amended Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following new subsection – (1A) Where the Board has been informed of any interim payment made under section 14(3), it shall deduct the amount paid from the award. Passed by the NationalAssembly on the twenty first day of May two thousand and thirteen. Ram Ranjit Dowlutta Clerk of the National Assembly This is to certify that the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill (No. XIV of 2012) was passed by the NationalAssembly at the above sitting and was at the final voting carried by a majority of sixty three votes in favour thereof out of the sixty nine members of the House. Dated this 24 day of May 2013. Abdool Razack M. A. Peeroo, SC, GOSK Speaker Acts 2013 179 BY AUTHORITY: THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, LA TOUR KOENIG 46/05/13 – 1343