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Company not taking possession of or paying for land within a fortnight after award is lodged shall on taking possession pay the value of any crops not included in award.
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14. When any railway company shall not take possession of or pay for any land within one fortnight from the lodgement of the final award of the arbitrator with the clerk of the peace, the said company shall, before taking possession of the same, in addition to the sum awarded by the arbitrator, pay to the occupant of any land to be taken the value of any crop existing upon or in the land at the time of taking possession of same, and which has not been included in said award; such value to be determined by any three justices of the petty sessions district in which such lands may be situated, one to be named by the railway company, one by the occupant of such land, and the third by the two justices so named.
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