Section 16 — Apportionment of compensation.

16. Apportionment of compensation.―(1) Where several persons claim to be interested in the 

amount of compensation determined under section 15, the competent authority shall determine the 

persons who in its opinion are entitled to receive compensation and the amount payable to each of them. 

(2) If any dispute arises as to the apportionment of compensation or any part thereof, or as to the 

persons to whom the same or any part thereof is payable, the competent authority may refer the dispute to 

the decision of the Administrator; and the Administrator in deciding any such dispute shall follow, as far 

as may be, the provisions of Part III of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894).