Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905

Bare Act · 1905

Act number: 3 of 1905
Contents: 19 sections

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Section 1 – Short title and extent
Section 1A – Definitions
Section 2 – Right of property in public roads, etc., water and lands
Section 3 – Levy of assessment of lands unauthorisedly occupied
Section 4 – Conclusiveness of decision as to amount of assessment
Section 5 – Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to penalty, after notice (preview)
Section 6 – Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to summary eviction, forfeiture of crops, etc (preview)
Section 7 – Prior notice to person in occupation (preview)
Section 7A – Encroachment by group of persons on Government lands and their eviction:- Where the District Collector knows or has reason to believe that a group or groups of persons without any entitlement and with the common object of occupying any land, which is the property of the Government, are occupying or have occupied any such land, and if such group or groups of persons have not vacated the land on demand by the District Collector or any officer authorised by him in this behalf, the District Collector shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, order without any notice, the immediate eviction of the encroacher from the land and the taking of possession of the land; and thereupon it shall be lawful for any officer authorised by the District Collector in this behalf to evict the encroachers from the land by force, taking such police assistance as may be necessary, and take possession of the land (preview)
Section 8 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 9 – Recovery of assessment or penalty levied as arrears of land revenue (preview)
Section 10 – Appeal (preview)
Section 11 – Limitation of appeal (preview)
Section 12 – Document accompanying petition of appeal (preview)
Section 12A – Power of Government to call for records and pass orders (preview)
Section 13 – Saving of operation of other laws in force (preview)
Section 15 – Validation of levy of penal assessment before the passing of Act-Saving of pending suits (preview)
Section 15A – Certain persons deemed to be in unauthorised occupation of land (preview)
Section 16 – Saving of lands claimed by right of escheat or reversion (preview)

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