 the displaced persons (compensa- tion and rehabilitation) amendment bill, 19'9(as introduced in lok sabha on i4th aplul, 1959)  the displace!) person's (compensa 1ton ant) rmtab~lrtation) ~ndmentbill, 1959 (as tn't'itoduced in lok sabra) a billfurtner to amend the displaced persons (compensation and ytehabihtation) act, 19m be it enacted by parliament in the tenth year of the republic of india as fo!lows:-1 this act may be called the displaced persons (compensation short title and rehabilitation) amendment act, 1959 s z section 30 of the displaced persons (compensation and reha- amen~ment bilitation) act, 1954, shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, ~~8ection and after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- (2) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section 10 (1) if the chief settlement commissioner is of opinion that a person is refusing or neglecting, or has refused or neglected, to pay any sum due under this act, he may, after giving such person an opportunity of being heard, by order in writing stating the grounds therefor, direct that the provisions of sub-section (1) 15 shall not apply to him, and thereupon such person shall cease to be entitled to the exemption conferred by that sub-section"  statement of objects and reasonsunder sub-section (1) of section 21 of the displaced persons (compensation and rehabilitation) act, 1954 (44 of 1954), any sum payable to the government or to the custodian in respect of any evacuee property or to the government in respect of any property in the compensation pool may be recovered in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue; but section 30 of the act prohibits the arrest or imprisonment of a defaulter for the purpose many defaulters who are otherwise capable of meeting the demands against them, particulary in respect of arrears of rent, have taken advantage of the protection given by section 30 with the result that huge arrears of rent have accumulated such defaulters are able to evade successfully all other methods of enforcing recovery even concessions for payment by instalments and facilities for adjusting arrears against the compensation due to them or to other displaced persons have evoked very little response it has, therefore, become necessary to amend section 30 so as to permit the arrest of defaulters in cases where they refuse or neglect to pay the sums due from them it is, however, proposed that exemption from arrest will be withdrawn only in cases where the chief settlement commissioner, after giving an opportunity to the defaulter to be heard, is satisfied, for reasons to be recorded, that he should no longer enjoy such exemption new delm; mehr chand khanna the 10th february, 1959  annexure extract from the displaced persons (compensation and rmiabili- tation) act, 1954(no 44 of 1954) - - - - - - 30 no person shall be liable to arrest or imprisonment in pursu-exemption ance of any process issued for the recovery of any sum due under trom arrellt this act which is recoverable as an arrear of land revenue  - - - - - -  a billfurther to atnend the displaced persons (compensation and rehabilitation) act, 1954 (shri mehr chand khanna, mtnister uf rehabilitation and minority affairs) 