Clause 4

Section 10 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after subsection (3) thereof the following new subsections: —“(4) Where the Collector who has proceeded under this section to inquire into the objections of any person interested ceases for any reason to hold office as Collector at any time before the making of an award under this section, any other officer who is a Collector may in his discretion continue the inquiry or hold a fresh inquiry. For the purpose of this subsection, the Collector who continues the inquiry of a Collector who has ceased to hold office may act on the evidence recorded by the latter.(5) Where a Collector who has made an award under the provisions of this section ceases for any reason to hold office as a Collector before lodging his grounds of award under the provisions of section 23 of this Act, any other officer who is a Collector may, if the notice of appeal is lodged under section 23 of this Act, lodge such grounds of award on behalf of the Collector who has ceased to hold office.”.