THE RAILWAYS ACT, 1989 – Chapter IV(A) – Section 20(A)

CHAPTER IV(A)
Land Acquisition for a Special Railway Project

20(A) Power to Acquire Land, etc.

(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that for a public purpose any land is required for execution of a special railway project, it may, by notification, declare its intention to acquire such land;
(2) Every notification under sub-section (1), shall give a brief description of the land and of the special railway project for which the land is intended to be acquired;
(3) The State Government or the Union Territory, as the case may be, shall for the purposes of this section, provide the details of the land records to the competent authority, whenever required;
(4) The competent authority shall cause the substance of the notification to be published in two local newspapers, one of which shall be in a vernacular language.

Forward reference⇒Section 20(B)