Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960

Bare Act · 1960

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to land revenue in the Union territory of Manipur and to provide for certain measures of land reform.

Act number: 33 of 1960
Enacted: 13 September 1960
Contents: 170 sections · 14 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — —Preliminary

Chapter II — —Revenue Divisions, Revenue Officers And Their Appointment

Chapter III — —Land And Land Revenue

Section 11 – Title of Government to lands, etc (preview)
Section 12 – Right to trees, forests, etc (preview)
Section 13 – Assignment of land for special purposes (preview)
Section 14 – Allotment of land (preview)
Section 15 – Unauthorised occupation of land (preview)
Section 16 – Liability of land to land revenue (preview)
Section 17 – Alluvial lands (preview)
Section 18 – Land revenue in case of diluvion (preview)
Section 19 – Assessment of land to land revenue (preview)
Section 20 – Diversion of land (preview)
Section 21 – Remission or suspension of revenue on failure of crops (preview)
Section 22 – Responsibility for payment of land revenue (preview)
Section 23 – Receipt for land revenue (preview)

Chapter IV — —Survey And Settlement Of Land Revenue

Section 24 – Definitions of “revenue survey”, “settlement” and “term of settlement” (preview)
Section 25 – Inquiry into profits of agriculture (preview)
Section 26 – Revenue survey (preview)
Section 27 – Power to require assistance from landholders (preview)
Section 28 – Survey numbers and villages (preview)
Section 29 – Division of survey numbers into sub-divisions (preview)
Section 30 – Determination of revenue-rates (preview)
Section 31 – Preparation of statistical and fiscal records (preview)
Section 32 – Revenue-rates how determined (preview)
Section 33 – Publication of table of revenue-rates (preview)
Section 34 – Confirmation of the table of revenue-rates (preview)
Section 35 – Rates of revenue to form part of settlement register (preview)
Section 36 – Introduction of revenue-rates (preview)
Section 37 – Duration of revenue-rates (preview)
Section 38 – Assessment on holdings (preview)
Section 39 – Additional assessment for water advantages (preview)
Section 40 – Continuance of survey operations and rates in force at commencement of Act (preview)
Section 41 – Power of deputy commissioner to correct errors, etc (preview)

Chapter V — —Land Records

Section 42 – Preparation of record of rights (preview)
Section 43 – Publication of the record of rights (preview)
Section 44 – Jurisdiction of civil courts (preview)
Section 46 – Register of mutations (preview)
Section 47 – Penalty for neglect to furnish information (preview)
Section 48 – Assistance in preparation of maps (preview)
Section 49 – Certified copies (preview)
Section 50 – Maps and other records open to inspection (preview)
Section 51 – Power to transfer duty of maintaining maps and records to settlement officer (preview)

Sections

Section 45 – Correction of bona fide mistake in register (preview)

Chapter VI — —Boundraries And Boundary Marks

Section 52 – Determination of village boundaries (preview)
Section 53 – Effect to settlement of boundary (preview)
Section 54 – Construction and repair of boundary marks (preview)
Section 55 – Description of boundary marks (preview)
Section 56 – Responsibility for maintaining boundary marks (preview)
Section 57 – Deputy commissioner to have charge of boundary marks (preview)
Section 58 – Penalty for injuring boundary marks (preview)

Chapter VII — —Realisation Of Land Revene And Other Public Demands

Section 59 – Land revenue to be first charge (preview)
Section 60 – Payment of land revenue (preview)
Section 61 – Arrear of land revenue (preview)
Section 62 – Recovery of arrears (preview)
Section 63 – Notice of demand (preview)
Section 64 – Distraint and sale of movable property (preview)
Section 65 – Sale of immovable property (preview)
Section 66 – Notice of sale (preview)
Section 67 – Sale to be by auction (preview)
Section 68 – Prohibition to bid at auction (preview)
Section 69 – Sale of perishables (preview)
Section 70 – Sale not to be excessive (preview)
Section 71 – Deposit by purchaser of immovable property (preview)
Section 72 – Failure to make deposit (preview)
Section 73 – Setting aside sale (preview)
Section 74 – Confirmation of sale (preview)
Section 75 – Refunds (preview)
Section 76 – Certificate of purchase (preview)
Section 77 – Application of proceeds of sale (preview)
Section 78 – Liability of certified purchaser (preview)
Section 79 – Precautionary measures in certain cases (preview)
Section 80 – Recovery of other public demands (preview)

Chapter VIII — —Procedure Of Revenue Officers: Appeals And Revisions

Section 81 – Revenue officers to be courts (preview)
Section 82 – Place of hearing (preview)
Section 83 – Power to enter upon and survey land (preview)
Section 84 – Power to transfer cases (preview)
Section 85 – Power to take evidence, summon witnesses, etc (preview)
Section 86 – Compelling attendance of witnesses (preview)
Section 87 – Hearing in absence of party (preview)
Section 88 – Adjournment of hearing (preview)
Section 89 – Power to order payment of costs (preview)
Section 90 – Use of force (preview)
Section 91 – Appearances before and applications to revenue officers (preview)
Section 92 – Correction of error or omission (preview)
Section 93 – Appeals (preview)
Section 94 – Limitation of appeals (preview)
Section 95 – Revision (preview)
Section 96 – Review of orders (preview)
Section 97 – Stay of execution of orders (preview)
Section 98 – Power to make rules (preview)

Chapter IX — —Rights Of Landowners

Section 99 – Accrual of rights of landowners (preview)
Section 100 – Rights of landowners (preview)
Section 101 – Reservation of land for personal cultivation (preview)
Section 102 – Procedure for reservation of land (preview)
Section 103 – “Permissible limit” defined (preview)
Section 104 – Land deemed to be reserved for personal cultivation in certain cases (preview)
Section 105 – Non-resumable land (preview)
Section 106 – Right to lease (preview)
Section 107 – Land left uncultivated (preview)
Section 108 – Relinquishment (preview)

Chapter X — —Rights Of Tenants

Section 109 – Interest of tenants (preview)
Section 110 – Right to create a mortgage or charge (preview)
Section 111 – Right to make improvements (preview)
Section 112 – Maximum rent (preview)
Section 113 – Payment of rent (preview)
Section 114 – Reasonable rent (preview)
Section 115 – Commutation of rent payable in kind (preview)
Section 116 – Receipt for payment of rent (preview)
Section 117 – Refund of rent recovered in excess (preview)
Section 118 – Suspension or remission of rent (preview)
Section 119 – Eviction of tenant (preview)
Section 120 – Restoration of possession of land to tenant (preview)
Section 121 – Certain lands to be non-resumable land of tenant (preview)
Section 122 – Compensation for improvements (preview)
Section 123 – Tenant may remove buildings, works, etc., not deemed improvements (preview)
Section 124 – Restoration of possession of land in certain other cases (preview)
Section 125 – Relief against termination of tenancy for act of waste (preview)
Section 126 – Surrender of land by tenant (preview)
Section 127 – Transfer of ownership of land to tenant (preview)
Section 128 – Compensation to landowner (preview)
Section 129 – Payment of compensation to landowner (preview)
Section 130 – Tenant to pay compensation amount (preview)
Section 131 – Issue of certificate to tenants (preview)
Section 132 – First option to purchase (preview)
Section 133 – Power to make rules (preview)

Chapter XI — —Ceiling On Land Holdings

Section 134 – Exemption (preview)
Section 135 – Definitions (preview)
Section 136 – Ceiling on holdings (preview)
Section 137 – Submission of returns (preview)
Section 138 – Collection of information through other agency (preview)
Section 139 – Procedure for determination of excess land (preview)
Section 140 – Selection of excess land in cases of certain transfers (preview)
Section 141 – Excess land to vest in Government (preview)
Section 142 – Publication of the final list and consequences thereof (preview)
Section 143 – Compensation (preview)
Section 144 – Manner of payment of compensation (preview)
Section 145 – Limit of future acquisition of load (preview)
Section 146 – Excess land not to be surrendered in certain cases (preview)
Section 147 – Power of deputy commissioner to take possession of excess land (preview)
Section 148 – Offences and penalties (preview)
Section 149 – Finality of orders (preview)
Section 150 – Power to exempt, etc (preview)

Chapter XII — —Prevention Of Fragmentation

Section 151 – Definitions (preview)
Section 152 – Restrictions on transfer, etc (preview)
Section 153 – Partition of holding (preview)
Section 154 – Transfers in contravention of this Chapter (preview)
Section 155 – Penalty (preview)
Section 156 – Power to make rules (preview)

Chapter XIII — —General And Miscellaneous

Section 157 – Recovery of amounts due as an arrear of and revenue (preview)
Section 158 – Special provision regarding Scheduled Tribes (preview)
Section 159 – Jurisdiction of civil courts excluded (preview)
Section 160 – Act to over-ride contract and other laws (preview)
Section 161 – Court-fees (preview)
Section 162 – Village officers to be public servants (preview)
Section 163 – Power to exempt (preview)
Section 164 – General provision as to penalties (preview)
Section 165 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 166 – Delegation of powers (preview)
Section 167 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
Section 168 – General power to make rules (preview)
Section 169 – Laying of rules before Parliament (preview)
Section 170 – Repeal and savings (preview)