2 3 aug 1965  btu no 48 of "s the indian works of defence (amendment) bill, 1965 a billfurther to clmend the indicjn worb of defnce act 1903 bz it enacted by parliament in the sixteenth year ot the republic of in~a al follows:-1 this act may be called the indian works of defence sbcxt (amendment) act, 1165 tmi& s z in the indian works of defence act,· 1903,-amend- ment of (i) for sub-section (2) of section 1, the following sub-sec- act 7 of tion shall be substituted, namely:-1901  - "(!) it stends to the whele gf 1ac:ua"; (ii) in part i, after section 2, the following section shall be -inserted, -namely: -----------_ --- --------- -- -"211 any reference in this act to any law which is not in force in any area or any reference therein to any functionary not in existence in any area shall, in relation to s that area be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force, or to the corresponding functionary, if any, in existence, in that area" construetionof reference3 to lews not in force, or any fune tionary  not in existence, many area  statemj:nt of objicts and reasonsthe indiao workl of j)efence act, 1903 (7 of 1~3) provides for the imposition of restrictions upon the use and enjoyment of 'land in the vicinity of works of defence in order tl1at s~ch land may be kept free from buildings and other obstructions the act at present does dot extend to some areas such as the territories which immediately before, the 1st november, 1956, were comprised in part b states h~e it is not posiible to impose restrictions which may be considered necessary upon the use and enjoyment of land around su~ defenc;e works located in those territories it is, therefore, proposed to amend the act so as to make its provisions applicable to the whole of india including the areas to which it does not at present extend  ,   y b chavan president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no f 13 (6) /59/0 (gs-i) dated the 27th july 1965 from shri y b chavan, minister of defence to the secretary, lok sabha] the president having been infonned of the subject-matter 01 the proposed bill further to amend the indian works of defence act, 1903, has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to the lok sabha the consideration 01 the bill the indian works of defence 'act, 1903' (7 of '1 90s) provides for payment of compensation to persons interested in the land in the vicinity of any work of defence on account of the imposition of restrictions on the use and enjoyment of such land it is not p0ssible to indicate at this stage, even approximately, the amount of compensation, if any, required to be paid in respect of lands around the defence works already existing in the territories which immediately before the 1st november, 1956, were comprised in part n states, as the assessment of such amount will have to be made by the local civil authorities concerned after issue of n~cessary gazette notifications declaring clearance zones under section 3 of the act however, in case the local military authorities consider that the existing obstructions in sucr lands may stand, the amount of compensation to be pa¥i might not be very large,  annexureextract from the indian works of defence act, 1903 (7 of 1903) - - •• - - 1 (1) - - - - - short title add extent (2) it extends to the whole of india except the territories which, immediately ,before the 1st november, 1956, were comprised in part b states - - - - -  a billfunher to amend the indian works of defence act, 1903 (shri y b chllf)an, minister of defence) 