Section 8. Proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1804

58. Proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1804.—(1) If, in the course of proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (I of 1894) it appears to the Collector before an award is made thai any property under acquisition is wakf property, a notice of such acquisition shall be served by the Collector on the Board and further proceedings shall be stayed to[1] enable the Board to appear and plead as a party to the proceeding at any time within three months from the date of the receipt of such notice. (2) Where the Board has reason to believe that any property under acquisition is wakf property, it may at any time befdre the award is made appear and plead as a party to the proceeding. (3) When the Board has appeared under the provisions of subsection (2) or sub-section (2), no order shall be passed under section 31 or section 32 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (I of 1894) without giving an opportunity to the Board to be heard. (4) Any order passed under section 31 or section 32 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 without giving an opportunity td the Board to be heard shall be declared void, if the Board, within one month of its coming to know of the order, applies in this behalf td the authority which made the order.