The Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1967
Bare Act
(1) The Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 1967 (1 of 1967), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act as if this Act had come into force on the 20th day of January, 1967.
Simplified Act
(1) The temporary law from 1967 that changed the original Land Acquisition law has been cancelled.
(2) Despite this cancellation, any actions or decisions that were made based on the temporary law are still valid. They are considered as if they were made under the new, permanent amendment to the Land Acquisition law, starting from January 20, 1967.
Explanation using examples
Imagine a scenario where the government issued an ordinance in January 1967 to amend the original Land Acquisition Act for expediting the acquisition process for a highway project. Under this ordinance, the government started proceedings to acquire a piece of land owned by Mr. Sharma for the highway expansion. However, before the process could be completed, the ordinance was replaced by the Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1967.
According to Section 5 of the new Act, even though the ordinance under which Mr. Sharma's land was being acquired is now repealed, the actions taken under that ordinance are still valid. This means that the acquisition process for Mr. Sharma's land will continue as if the new Act was in place when the acquisition proceedings started, ensuring that there is no legal disruption or need to restart the acquisition process from the beginning.
