Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983
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Acquisition of land. |
44.—(1) Each company may, in accordance with the Second Schedule , acquire compulsorily any land or any easement or other right over land for the purpose of providing a site for, or approaches to, any building or structure intended to be used for the purpose of its exclusive privilege under section 63 or 87 , as the case may be. | |
(2) No person shall be entitled to acquire compulsorily, except with the consent of the Minister, any land or any easement or other right in respect of land vested in either company. | ||
(3) A company shall not be entitled to acquire under this section any land, easement or other right belonging to the State or a State authority except with the consent of the State authority concerned. | ||
(4) The telecommunications company shall not be entitled to exercise any rights under the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1916, in relation to the execution of works affecting any land, easement or other right belonging to the State or a State authority except with the consent of the State authority concerned. |