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The penalty for non-fulfilment of the obligations are 
less severe. (Land Enactment, Section 71, and Land Rules 
14, 15). . 
(i) Quit- rent. — This is due on 1st January in each 
year, and should be paid to the Collector at the Land Office 
of the district in which the land is situated, it it is not 
paid by the 1st May, a notice of demand is served on the 
owner; if this is without effect, a warrant of atachment ns, , 
executed against the personal property of the defaulter, o 
against any goods or crops which may be found on the land. 
Only in the last resort is the land itself sold for the recover „ 
of quit-rent. 
(ii) Preservation of Boundary Maries (Land Enact- 
ment, Section 62). — When a grant is issued, a notice is 
served on the grantee placing under his charge the boun- 
dary marks erected on his land and specified m the notice, 
and’ requiring him ta give immediate information if am 
such marks are injured or removed. The penalty for non- 
compliance with such notice is a fine. 
(iii) Burials . — Under the Burial Grounds Enactment 
licenses can be obtained to use a specified portion ot land 
as a burying ground; in every district there are se\eial 
public burying grounds. 
ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. 
Land may be acquired at any time by the Government 
for any public purpose as defined by the Enactment on pay- 
ment of compensation to the owner. 
The procedure is as follows: 
When the notices required by law have been promulgat- 
ed and the extent of the land to be acquired has been 
decided, the Collector holds an enquiry into the value of the 
land notifying all parties interested to he present. At the 
conclusion of* the enquiry, an offer of the amount of com- 
pensation determined by him is made to the parties in 
writing. If this is not accepted, the parties interested are 
called upon to state wliat sum they claim as compensation 
and to appoint an arbitrator, while a second arbitrator is 
nominated on behalf of the Government. If the arbitiators 
agree as to amount of compensation to be paid, their award 
is final. In the event of disagreement a joint report is sent 
by them to the Collector, who submits it to the Court of the 
Judicial Commissioner for final decision. 
