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Land Acquisition Act 1993
23Reconveyances in relation to notices of acquisition
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23 Reconveyances in relation to notices of acquisition
(1) Subject to subsection (2) , at any time within the period of 6 months after a notice of acquisition is gazetted, the acquiring authority may reconvey to the former owner, wholly or partly, any land that it has acquired by the gazettal.
(2) An acquiring authority is not entitled to reconvey any land for which it has paid compensation.
(3) Nothing in this section limits the power of an acquiring authority to acquire the whole or any part of the land specified in a notice of acquisition where the land has been reconveyed under subsection (1) .