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Chapter IV: MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS
8. Payment of amount.
9. Act to override all other enactments.
10. Penalties.
11. Protection of action taken in good faith.
12. Power to make rules.
13. Repeal and saving.
THE SCHEDULE.
THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN AREA AT AYODHYA ACT, 1993
ACT NO. 33 OF 1993
[3 rd April , 1993.]
An Act to provide for the acquisition of certain area at Ayodhya and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS there has been a long-standing dispute relating to the structure (including the premises of the inner and outer courtyards of such structure), commonly known as the Ram Janma Bhumi-Babri Masjid, situated in village Kot Ramchandra in Ayodhya, in Pargana Haveli Avadh, in tehsil Faizabad Sadar, in the district of Faizabad of the State of Uttar Pradesh;
AND WHEREAS the said dispute has affected the maintenance of public order and harmony between different communities in the country;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary to maintain public order and to promote communal harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst the people of India;
AND WHEREAS with a view to achieving the aforesaid objectives, it is necessary to acquire certain areas in Ayodhya;
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Source: India Code