3A. Power to acquire land, etc
3A. Power to acquire land, etc.—(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that for a public purpose any land is required for the building, maintenance, management or operation of a national highway or part thereof, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare its intention to acquire such land.
(2)
Every notification under sub-section (1) shall give a brief description of the land.
(3)
The competent authority shall cause the substance of the notification to be published in two local newspapers, one of which will be in a vernacular language.
Amendment notes (1)
- Subs w.e.f. 24-1-1997 . Subs. by Act 16 of 1997, s. 3, for section 3 (w.e.f. 24-1-1997).