 a sur 19'" bid no 11 of 1964 the dil and natural gas commission (amend- ment) bnl, 1964 - billfurther to amend the oil and natural gas commission act, h~58 be it enacted by parlliament in the fifteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may lbe called the oil and natural gas commission short title (ame!'tdment) act, 1964 of 19s9 5 2 foc section 24 of the oil and natural au commisskm act, 1_ subitilutil!ljl the following section all be 81lbatitu1jed, 'dmjlely:-~n: for - section 24-"24 any land required by the ceaunissiod for carryin, but comj:r:" its fudctjons under tiais act shai1 _ tieemed to be aeeded for - ~and for public purpose and such iud shall be acquired for the commis- the comsin uader tiae pnvillom ei the lad ac'fiwkitilm act, 11m!' mitajon 10  statement of objects and reasonsunder section 24 of the oil and natural gas commiasion act, 1959, acquisition of land for the commission has t9 be made only in accordance with the prooeclure laid down in part vii of the land acquisition act, 1894 as if the commission were a company within the meaning of clause (e) of section 3 of the said act this procedure has to be followed notwithstanding the fact that the land required by the commission is deemed to be needed for a public purpose the procedure for acquisition of land for companies under the land acquisition (comperues) rules, 1963 is, however, a timeconsuming proces; and difficulty is being experienced in acquiring land expeditiously for carrying out the oil exploration and production programmes of the commission add tlb1s may adversely a1!ect the targets for production of crude on and gas it is, therefore, considered necessary to amend seetjon 24 of the 011 and natural gas commission act, 1959 so that land may be acquired, tin c88e!8 where it is urgently required by the cammjadon, also under part n of the land acqujs!tiog act the bill is designed to give eftect to the above proposal niiw dblhi; hullayun kabir the 13th april, 19m  president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no 10/so/63-0ng, dated the 18th april, 1964 from shri o v alagesan, minister of state in the ministry of petroleum and chemicals to the secretary, lok sabha] the president having been informed of the subject matter of the oil and natural gas commission (amendment) bill, 1964 recommends under clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution the consideration of the said bill by the lok sabha -under section 24 of t1he act as amended, it would ·be poesible to acquire land far the cornmimiolll also under part n of the ladd acqu:isitimi act, 1894 if and when laind is acquired under the iiid part n, a smal:l pol11:ion of the compensation will have to be provided out of the consolidated fund of india it is not possible to visualise at this stage in haw many cases iuld will be acquired under part u and what would /be the contribution of the government towards compensation far such acquisition in the cireumstances, it is not possible to give an ass ssmenrt of the financial liability of the ~ ment in this regard, but ilil any case it is not expected to exceed rs 10,000 per year (43 of 1959) - - - - - -  chapter v miscellaniix)uscom,wor, acquisition of jmdfort1le commilsion 24 any land, required by the commission for carrying out its functions under this act shall be deemed to be needed for a public purpose and such land shall be acquired for the commission as if the provisions of part vii of the land acquisition act, 1894, were appli- 1 of 1894 cable to it and the commission were a company within the meaning of clause (e) of section 3 of the said act  - - - - - - a bill further to amend the oil and natural gas commission act 1959 (shri humayun kabir, minister of petroleum and chemicals ) 