Section 9(7) in Tamil Nadu Fleet Operators Stage Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1971
(7)The interim payment to a person interested under sub-section (6) shall be set off against the total amount of compensation payable to such person interested under this Act and the balance of the compensation remaining outstanding after such payment shall be given to the person interested in accordance with the option exercised, or deemed to have been exercised, under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4), as the case may be:Provided that where any part of the interim payment is obtained by a person interested in cash, the payment so obtained shall be set off, in the first instance, against the first instalment of the cash payment referred to in sub-section (1) and in case the payment so obtained exceeds the amount of the first instalment, the excess amount shall be adjusted against the second instalment and the balance of such excess amount, if any, against the third instalment of the cash payment.
