Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976

Bare Act · 1976

Act number: 17 of 1976
Enacted: 21 August 1976
Contents: 47 sections

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Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Exceptions
Section 3-A – 3-A
Section 4 – Vesting in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir of rights in land not held in personal cultivation
Section 4-A – Cancellation of mutation (preview)
Section 5 – Vesting of personally cultivated land in excess of ceiling area in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (preview)
Section 6 – Vesting of dwelling house and of the site thereunder and land appurtenant thereto in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in certain cases (preview)
Section 7 – Resumption for bona fide personal cultivation by ex-landlord (preview)
Section 8 – Vesting of ownership rights in land in prospective owner (preview)
Section 9 – Payment of rent by the tiller (preview)
Section 10 – Mortgages of land (preview)
Section 11 – Payment in lieu of extinguish-ment of rights in land (preview)
Section 12 – Private agreement (preview)
Section 13 – Restriction on utilization of land (preview)
Section 14 – Optimum retainable area of land (preview)
Section 15 – Disposal of surplus land (preview)
Section 16 – Liability during interim period (preview)
Section 17 – Omitted (preview)
Section 18 – Appointment, superintendence and control of Revenue Officers (preview)
Section 19 – Powers of Revenue Officers (preview)
Section 20 – Special powers of officers (preview)
Section 21 – Appeals and revisions (preview)
Section 22 – Limitation for appeals (preview)
Section 23 – Inquiries and proceedings to be judicial proceedings (preview)
Section 24 – Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before a Revenue Officer (preview)
Section 25 – Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Court (preview)
Section 26 – Omitted (preview)
Section 27 – Implementation of the provisions of the Act (preview)
Section 28 – Rights and liabilities of prospective owner (preview)
Section 28-A – Prohibition on transfer of certain lands (preview)
Section 29 – Indemnity (preview)
Section 30 – Wrong or excess payment recoverable as arrears of land revenue (preview)
Section 31 – Omitted (preview)
Section 32 – Act to over-ride other laws (preview)
Section 33 – Power to issue instructions (preview)
Section 34 – Recoveries (preview)
Section 35 – Transfer to defeat provisions of this law (preview)
Section 36 – Declaration of restrictions imposed to be reasonable (preview)
Section 37 – Penalty for failure to furnish or for furnishing false return (preview)
Section 38 – Penalty for contravention of any lawful order (preview)
Section 39 – Penalty for damaging land (preview)
Section 40 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 41 – Succession (preview)
Section 42 – Inapplicability (preview)
Section 43 – Repeal (preview)
Section 44 – Validation (preview)

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