Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act : Apportionment of compensation. Indian Bare Acts :

Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act,1956

Act No : 96

Section : Apportionment of compensation.

16. Apportionment of compensation. (1) Where several persons claim to be interested in the amount of compensation determined under section 15, the competent authority shall determine the persons who in its opinion are entitled to receive compensation and the amount payable to each of them. (2) If any dispute arises as to the appointment of compensation or any part thereof, or as to the persons to whom the same or any part thereof is payable, the competent authority may refer the dispute to the decision of the Administrator ; and the Administrator in deciding any such dispute shall follow, as far as may be, the provisions of Part III of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.(1 of 1894).