7. Validation of certain actuations.- Notwithstanding any judgment ,decree per order of any court, every actuation
of land for a company made or purporting to have been made under part VII of the principle Act before the 20th day
of July 1962 , shall,in so far as such acquisition is not for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (a) or clause (b)
of sub-section (1) of section 40 of the principal Act, be deemed to have been made for the purpose mentioned in
clause (aa) of the said sub-section, and accordingly every such acquisition and any proceeding, order, agreement or
action in connection with such acquisition shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, as valid as if the
provisions of section 40 and 41 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, were in force at all material times when
such acquisition was made or proceeding was held or order was made or agreement was entered into or action was
taken.
Explanation - In this section "Company" has the same meaning as in clause (e) of section 3 of the principal Act as
amended by this Act.
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The Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 - Extract of Section 30 - Transitional provisions.
30(1) The provisions of sub-section (1A) of section 23 of the principal Act, as inserted by Clause (a) of section 15 of
this Act, shall apply, and shall be deemed to have applied, also to and in relation to-
(a) every proceeding for the acquisition of any land under the principal Act pending on the 30th day of April, 1982
(the date of introduction of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill in the House of people) in which no award has
been made by the Collector before that date;
(b) every proceeding for the acquisition of any land under the principal Act commenced after that date, whether or
not an award has been made by the Collector before the commencement of this Act.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (2) of section 23 and section 28 of the principal Act, as amended by clause (b) of
section 15 and section 18 of this Act respectively, shall apply, and shall be deemed to have applied, also to, and
relation to, any award made by the Collector or Court or to any order passed, by the High Court or Supreme Court in
appeal against any such award under the provisions of the principal Act after the 30th day of April 1982 (the date of
introduction of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 1982, in the House of the People and before the
commencement of this Act.
(3) The provisions of section 34 of the principal Act, as amended by section 20 of this Act, shall apply, and shall
be deemed to have applied, also to, and in relation to,
(a) every case in which possession of any land acquired under the principal Act had been taken before the 30th of
April, 1982 (the date of introduction of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 1982, in the House of the People ),
and the amount of compensation for such acquisition had not been paid or deposited under section 31 of the
principal Act until such date, with effect on and from that date; and
(b) every case in which such possession had been taken on or after that date but before the commencement of this
Act without the amount of compensation having been paid or deposited under the said section 31 with effect on and
from the date of taking such possession.