Section 21: Compensation where local community interested.
Where the interests injuriously affected are those of a local community, the court may order the compensation to be paid to any chief, headman or member of that community on behalf of such community or that it be paid in accordance with a scheme of distribution approved by the court or that it be paid into a fund to be administered by a person approved by the court on trust for application to the general, social or educational benefit and advancement of that community or any section thereof.
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Section 21, OIL PIPELINES ACT (1956).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/oil-pipelines-act/section/21/