law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  39.
  
     Power to take possession of land to be acquired.
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Collector shall take possession of land after ensuring that full payment of
  
  compensation as well as rehabilitation and resettlement entitlements are paid
  
  or tendered to the entitled persons within a period of three months for the
  
  compensation and a period of six months for the monetary part of rehabilitation
  
  and resettlement entitlements listed in the Second Schedule commencing from the
  
  date of the award made under section 31:
  Provided that the
  
  components of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Package in the Second and
  
  Third Schedules that relate to infrastructural entitlements shall be provided
  
  within a period of eighteen months from the date of the award:
  Provided further that
  
  in case of acquisition of land for irrigation or hydel project, being a public
  
  purpose, the rehabilitation and resettlement shall be completed six months
  
  prior to submergence of the lands acquired.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Collector shall be responsible for ensuring that the rehabilitation and
  
  resettlement process is completed in all its aspects before displacing the
  
  affected families.