ASSAM (TEMPORARILY SETTLED AREAS) TENANCY ACT, 1971

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Preliminary Preamble

S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

S.2 Exception

S.3 Definitions

S.4 Classes of Tenants

S.5 Acquisition of occupancy rights

S.6 Incidence of occupancy right

S.7 Devolution of death

S.8 Right of transfer

S.9 Prohibition of subletting

S.10 Right of use of land

S.11 Right in trees

S.12 Obligation to pay fair rent

S.13 Restriction on enhancement of rent

S.14 Protection from ejectmen

S.15 Incidence of the tenancy

S.16 Prohibition of sub-letting

S.17 Obligation to pay fair rent

S.18 Restrictions on enhancement of rent

S.19 Protection against ejectment

S.20 Prohibition against creating new under-tenant tenancy

S.21 Acquisition of ownership rights and intermediary rights by tenants

S.22 Acquisition of ownership rights and intermediary rights by Government for tenants

S.23 Acquisition of ownership rights and intermediary rights tenants

S.24 Compensation

S.25 Apportionment of compensation

S.26 Procedure for payment of compensation

S.27 Liability to pay rent

S.28 Maximum are of rent

S.29 Grounds for enhancement of rent

S.30 Procedure for enhancement of rent

S.31 Grounds for reduction of rent

S.32 Procedure for reduction of rent

S.33 Date of effect

S.34 When rent is due for payment

S.35 Arrear of rent

S.36 Rent-suit

S.37 Rent receipt

S.38 Deposit of cash rent or money rent

S.39 Sale of a holding for arrear of rent in certain cases

S.40 Attachment and proclamation of sale

S.41 Manner of publication of sale proclamation

S.42 Date of sale

S.43 Sale

S.44 Disposal of the sale proceeds

S.45 Setting aside of sale on deposit of decretal amount

S.46 Setting aside of sale on ground of irregularity, etc.

S.47 Confirmation of the sale

S.48 Auction purchaser to take the holding subject to certain encumbrances

S.49 Recovery of certain loans, etc. by the above procedure

S.50 Forfeiture of tenancy on subletting and transfer

S.51 Grounds of ejectment

S.52 Rights of ejected tenants to cost of improvement

S.53 Rights of ejected tenants in respect of crops, dwelling house, etc.

S.54 Procedure of ejectment

S.54(A) Restoration of possession to tenant or under-tenant ejected or whose cultivation is prevented

S.55 Power to order preparation of record-of-rights for tenants

S.56 Particulars to be recorded

S.57 Preliminary publication, amendment and final publication of record-of-rights

S.58 Certificate of and presumption as to final publication and presumption as to correctness of record-of-rights

S.59 Appeal to and revision by supervision by superior authorities

S.60 Power to direct maintenance of record-of-rights

S.61 Procedure on application for registration or on information received otherwise

S.62 Application to set aside order directing the registration

S.63 Surrenders

S.64 Abandonment

S.65 Merger

S.66 Matters exempted from cognizance of Civil Court

S.67 Appeals

S.68 Jurisdiction of Civil Court

S.69 Power to modify Civil Procedure Code into application to landlord and tenant suits

S.70 Delegation of Powers

S.71 Penalties

S.72 Protection of action taken in good faith

S.73 Power to order production of documents, etc.

S.74 Power for enforcing attendance, etc.

S.75 Power to make rules

S.76 Repeal and Saving

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