¹ [185. Acquisition and Sale of Land, Contracts and Working Agreements

(1) Expect in such classes of case as may be specified inregula-tions to be made by the Federal Government, theAuthority shall notacquire or dispose of any land, and, when it is necessary for the Authority toacquire compulsorily any land for the purposes of their functions, the FederalGovernment shall cause that land to be acquired on their behalf and at theirexpense.

(2) Contracts made by or on behalf of the Authority shallbe enfore-able by or against the Authority and not by or against the Federation,and, subject to any provision which may hereafter be made by Act of the FederalLegislature, the Authority may sue and be sued in the like manner and in thelike cases as a company operating a railway may sue and be sued:

Provided that this sub-section does not apply in relationto any contract declared by its terms to be supplemental to a contract madebefore the establishment of the Authority, and any such supplemental contractmay be enforced in any manner in which the principal contract may be enforced.

(3) The Authority may make working agreements with, andcarry out working agreements made with, any Indian State or person owning oroperating any railway in India, or in territories adjacent to India, withrespect to the persons by whom and the terms on which any of the railways withwhich the parties are respectively concerned shall be operated.

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1. Omitted, by the India (Provisional Constitution)Order, 1947.