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Section 16
The Jammu and Kashmir Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2012Jammu and Kashmir

Section 16. Compensation for acquisition of land

(1) Where land is acquired for the purpose of allotment to the slum dweller, every person having any interest in any land acquired under the Act shall be entitled to receive compensation from the Government.

(2) Compensation will be paid to the land owner which may be monetary, or in the form of concessional building rights in lieu of value of land foregone, partially or wholly transferable or a combination of both.

(3) The process of determination, apportionment and procedure of payment of compensation as per the provisions of 1[the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act , 2013 (30 of 2013)].

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.