PUNJAB VILLAGE COMMON LANDS (REGULATION) ACT, 1961

PUNJAB VILLAGE COMMON LANDS (REGULATION) ACT, 1961

[Act No. 18 of 1961]

[22nd April, 1961]

(As applicable to Haryana)

PREAMBLE

An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating the rights in Shamilatdeh and abadideh.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the twelfth year of the Republic of India as follows:

Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement

Section 2 Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

Section 3 Lands to which this Act applies

Section 4 Vesting of rights in Panchayat and non-proprietors

Section 5 Regulation of use and occupation, etc., of lands vested or deemed to have been vested in Panchayats

Section 5A Disposal of lands vested or deemed to have been vested in Panchayat

Section 5B Certain transfers not to affect Panchayat’s rights

Section 6 Appeal

Section 7 Power to put Panchayat in possession of certain lands

Section 7A Cognizance of offence

Section 7B Procedure for prosecution

Section 8 Saving of existing possession

Section 9 Utilisation of Income

Section 10 Bar of Compensation

Section 10A Power of {Assistant Collector of first grade} to cancel or vary {sale, lease, gift or exchange} etc., of lands vested in Panchayats

Section 11 Sales of land in Shamilatdeh not be pre-emptible

Section 12 Rent of Shamilat lands to be recoverable as arrears of land revenue

Section 13 Bar of Jurisdiction

Section 13A Adjudication

Section 13AA Appeal and revision

Section 13B Appeal and revision

Section 13C Finality of orders

Section 13D Provisions of this Act is to be over-riding

Section 13E Public Servant

Section 14 Indemnity

Section 14A Saving

Section 15 Power to make rules

Section 16 Repeal and Saving

Section 17 Validation

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