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Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....of Ind., 12-11-1962, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext.. p. 815. .Amending Act 13 of 1977.- The Petroleum Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of user in Land) Act, 1962, was enacted to empower the Central Government to acquire the right of user in any land if it appears to that Government that it is necessary, in the public interest to lay pipelines under such land for the transport of petroleum (which is defined to include natural gas and refinery gas) from one locality to another. When the legislation was enacted, petroleum (including natural gas and refinery gas) was the only commodity for which transportation through pipelines was contemplated. Technological advance has since made it possible to transport in bulk mineral (besides petroleum) through pipelines. It is therefore proposed to amend the Act to enable the acquisition of the right of user in land also for laying pipelines for the transport of minerals (besides petroleum) from one place to another. 2. The Act provides for punishment for the construction or excavation of any building or other structure tank, well, reservoir or dam or for planting of any tree on any land, the right of user in relation to which has been acquired.....

Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land ) Act, 1962 Section 5

Title: Hearing of Objections

State: Central

Year: 1962

(1) Any person interested in the land may, within twenty-one days from the date of the notification under sub-section (1) of section 3, object to the laying of the pipelines under the land. (2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the competent authority in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard either in person of by a legal practitioner and may, after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry, if any as authority thinks necessary by order either allow or disallow the objections. (3) Where in respect of any land, a notification has been issued tion (2) shall be final

Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land ) Act, 1962 Section 6

Title: Declaration of Acquisition of Right of User

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....(2) of that section, that authority shall, as soon as may be1[either make a report in respect of the land described in the notification under sub-section (1) of section 3, or make different reports in respect of different parcels of such land, to the Central Government containing his recommendations on the objections, together with the record of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of that Government] and upon receipt of such report the Central Government shall2[if satisfied that such land is required for laying any pipeline for the transport of petroleum or any mineral]declare, by notification in the Official Gazette, that the right of the use in the land for laying the pipelines should be acquired.2[and different declarations may be made from time to time in respect of different parcels of the land described in the notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 3, irrespective of whether one report or different reports have been made by the competent authority under this section] (2) On the publication of the declaration under sub-section (1) the right of user3[in the land specified therein] shall vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all.....