l@'o iii of " the displaced persons (compen~tt8n and rehabltitation)amendmftnt bill, 1967 "  bill furthtr to amend the displaced persons (compensation and rellabili- tation) act, 1814 ,lb it enacted, by parliament in the eighteenth ,year of the ,aepublic of/indiaas followa:-1 this act may be called the displaced persons' (cgmpenaation and rehabilitation) amendment act, 1967 short title , z in the displaced persons (compensation and rehabilitation) act, 19m, after section 8, the following section shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, inserted, namely:-10 "sa (1) where any compensation is payable to any dis-payment placed person in lieu of property abandoned by him in west of aom pakistan which on the date of his migration from west pakistan penaation was subject to a mortgage in favour of a person who is not in c  of mort-,qed properti  resident in india, the settlement commissioner shall, after giving a reasonable· notice to the displaced person, determine the principal sum for which the property was so mortgaged and such portion of the principal sum 1>0 determined as bears the lamc proportion as the compensation payable to the displacea 5 person bears to the value of the verified claim of the displaced perflon in respect of that mortgaged property shall be deductible from the compensation payable in respect of the mortgaged property: i provided that where compensation has ocen paid to any 10 displac'ed person without such deduction having been made, the displaced person shall pay to the central government the amount of such deduction within three months of the determination thereof or such longer period as may be prescribed: provided further that where compensation has been paid to is any displaced person by sale or any other modi" of transfer 10 him of any property from the compensation pool, the rlisplaced person may, within the aforesaid period of three months or, all the case may be, within the aforesaid prescribed period,-(a) either retain the property on his paying in cash the 20 aforesaid' amount, or '(ib) surrender a portion 'of tha·t property of a value equivalent to the amount of such deduction, su::h value bcing determined by the settlement commissioner in the prescribed manner (2) if any displaced person fails to pay any amount which is liable to be deducted from his compensation under sub-section (1), or fails to surrender the property of the value equivalent to such amount, such amount may be recovered in the aame manner ~ an arrear of land revenw!" certain difficulties are being experienc'ed in the administration of the displaced persons (comp~nsation and rehahilitation) act, 1954 and the early completion of the ccmpensation scheme is thus impeded some of the properties left by the displaced persons in 'west pakistan were subject to mortgages with the nationals of west pakistan and it was therefore considered that proportionate deductions should be made from the compensation due to them on that account accordingly with a view to recovering the amounts of such deductions executive directions were issued in this behalf by the punjab government in a writ p  tition before thp high court of punjab the issue of these directions was challenjted the high court held that the departmental authorities had not been f'mpowered by law to realise the amounts of such deductions it ill, therefore, necessary that a suitable provision should be made in the act for enecting th~ recovery of a portion of the compensation already paid to the displact'd persons in lieu of the mortgage amount's received by them option is being givi'n to :the displaced p'cr80m either to retain the property on their paying in cash the amount 80 deductible or to surrf'nder th'e portion of the property of a value equivalent to the amount of such deduction and on failure of pay~ ment of such amount it is proposed tn recover the amount in th ,arne manner as an arrear of land revenuf' the bill seeks to achieve these objects new delhi; jaisukhlal hathi the 14th lut'll 1967  president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no 3(8)/l&n·f)2, dared the 27th july, 1967 from shri jai sukh lal hathi, minister of labcur and rehabilitation to the secretary, lok sabha] the president having been informed of the subject matter of the proposed bill further to amend the displaced persons (compensation and rehabilitation) act, 1954, recommends under article 117 (1) of the constitution of india the introduction of the but in the lok sabh~  claui8 2 of  the bill inserts a new section 8a in which it is pro-" \tided that wb:ere carnpensation has been paid to a displaced per8ql'l · withoutany deduction having been made on account of the mox:~ne money received by him, such displaced person ,shall pay to the · central government the amount of such deduction within three · monthj of the· detennination thereof or such longer period ,as may oe''preacribed there may be cases where it may be more ~ppro-· pjliate to allow longer period for the discharge of the  aforesaid liability the aforesaid new section giv'es option to a displaced 'pt-rson' to surrender a portion of the property allotted to him of a 'value equivalent to the amount deductible under the section, such value being determined in the prescribed marmer ''1'he'legation of the aforesaid power relates to matierl'1ohietail or'procwdureandil thu~ of a normal-cl1uact~ a btlt further to ameod the displaced pelsolls (compcll'uhltioo and rehabilitation) ad:, i gs4 (shri 1ai sukh lal hiilhi, millis, oj·laixmr                        gild luiati6ifltatu) 