8. Payment of amount.—(1) The owner of any land, building, structure or other property comprised
in the area shall be given by the Central Government, for the transfer to and vesting in that Government
under section 3 of that land, building, structure or other property, in cash an amount equivalent to the
market value of the land, building, structure or other property.
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(2) The Central Government shall, for the purpose of deciding the claim of the owner or any person
having a claim against the owner under sub-section (1), by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a
Claims Commissioner.
(3) The Claims Commissioner shall regulate his own procedure for receiving and deciding the claims.
(4) The owner or any person having a claim against the owner may make a claim to the Claims
Commissioner within a period of ninety days from the date of commencement of this Act:
Provided that if the Claims Commissioner is satisfied that the claimant was prevented by sufficient
cause from preferring the claim within the said period of ninety days, the Claims Commissioner may
entertain the claim within a further period of ninety days and not thereafter.
9. Act to override all other enactments.—The provisions of this Act shall have effect
notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or
any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this Act or any decree or order of any court,
tribunal or other authority.
10. Penalties.—Any person who is in charge of the management of the area and fails to deliver to the
Central Government or the authorised person any asset, register or other document in his custody relating
to such area or, as the case may be, authenticated copies of such register or document, shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to ten
thousand rupees or with both.
11. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall
lie against the Central Government or the authorised person or any of the officers or other employees of
that Government or the authorised person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done
under this Act.
12. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
(2) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it
is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which
may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the
session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in
making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that
any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done
under that rule.
13. Repeal and saving.—(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the Acquisition of Certain
Area at Ayodhya Ordinance, 1993 ( Ord. 8 of 1993), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Ordinance,—
(a) the right, title and interest in relation to plot No. 242 situated in village Kot Ramchandra
specified against Sl. No. 1 of the Schedule to the said Ordinance shall be deemed never to have been
transferred to, and vested in, the Central Government;
(b) any suit, appeal or other proceeding in respect of the right, title and interest relating to the said
plot No. 242, pending before any court, tribunal or other authority, shall be deemed never to have
abated and such suit, appeal or other proceeding (including the orders or interim orders of any court
thereon) shall be deemed to have been restored to the position existing immediately before the
commencement of the said Ordinance;
(c) any other action taken or thing done under that Ordinance in relation to the said plot No. 242
shall be deemed never to have been taken or done.
(3) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be
deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.