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Definition :

Entitled to act, the following persons shall be deemed persons as and to the extent hereinafter provided (that is to say):-

Provided that--

(i) no person shall be deemed 'entitled to act' whose interests in the subject-matter shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Collector or Court to be adverse to the interest of the person interested for whom he would otherwise be entitled to act.

(ii) in every such case the person interested may appear by a next friend, or, in default of his appearance by a next friend, the Collector or Court, as the case may be, shall appoint a guardian for the case to act on his behalf in the conduct thereof.

(iii) the provisions of Order 32 of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in the case of persons interested appearing before a Collector or Court by a next friend, or by a guardian for the case, in proceedings under this Act.

(iv) no person 'entitled to act' shall be competent to receive the compensation money payable to the person for whom he is entitled to act, unless he would have been competent to alienate the land and receive and give a good discharge for the purchase money on a voluntary sale. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 3(g)]