Railways (Miscellaneous) Act, 1932
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Sale and lease of superfluous land. |
16.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 127 to 131 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , a railway company may at any time sell or lease in such manner and on such terms as it thinks proper any land not required for the purposes of its railway. | |
(2) The said sections 127 to 131 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , shall not apply to any sale or lease of land by a railway company under this section. | ||
(3) Land forming part of or used for the purposes of a railway line on which the running of trains has ceased under an order made under Part II of this Act shall not, merely by reason of such cesser, be land not required for the purposes of a railway within the meaning of this Act. |