The¹[Federation] may, if it deems it necessary to acquire any land situate in a Province for any purpose connected with a matter with respect to which the¹[Federal] Legislature has power to make laws, require the Province to acquire the land on behalf, and at the expense, off the¹[Federation] or, if the land belongs to the Province, to transfer it to the¹[Federation] on such terms as may be agreed or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice of India.

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1. Substituted, by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947, for the words 'Dominion'.