Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905

Contents

• Section 1 – Short title and extent
• Section 1A – Definition
• Section 2 – Right of property in public roads, etc., waters and lands
• Section 3 – Levy of assessment on lands unauthorisedly occupied
• Section 3A – Levy of assessment on lands unauthorisedly occupied in the transferred territory
• Section 4 – Conclusiveness of decision as to amount of assessment (preview)
• Section 5 – Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to penalty after notice (preview)
• Section 5A – Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to penalty after notice in the transferred territory (preview)
• Section 5B – Notice before proceeding under section 5 or section 5-A (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 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 10A – Revision (preview)
• Section 10B – Stay pending decision in appeal or revision (preview)
• Section 11 – Limitation for appeal and revision. - (1) No appeal shall be preferred under section 10 after the expiration of thirty days from the date on which the decision or order appealed against was received by the appellant (preview)
• Section 12 – Document accompanying petition of appeal or application for revision (preview)
• Section 13 – Saving of operations of other laws in force (preview)
• Section 14 – Bar of jurisdiction of Courts (preview)
• Section 15 – Validation of levy of penal assessment before the passing of the Act (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)