The Nagaland Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment Act) 1978 Complete Act - Bare Act

Received the assent of the Governor on the 29-9-78 and published in the Nagaland Gazette dated 15th November,

1978.

An

Act to

amend the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 (Regulation I of 1886)

It is hereby enacted in the twenty ninth year of Republic of India as follows: -

1. Short

title, extent and commencement:

(1)

This act may be called the Nagaland Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1978.

(2)

It extends to the whole Slate of Nagaland.

(3) It shall come into force on such dates and in such areas as t

he

Stale

Government, may direct by Notification in the Official Gazette.

2. The following sub-section shall be inserted in Section 162 after sub-section (1) and the existing sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be renumbered as sub-sections

"(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary or agreement no person other than the indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland shall acquire or possess by transfer, exchange lease agreement or settlement of any land in any area or areas constituted into belts or blocks in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1).

(3)

From and after the commencement of Nagaland Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1978 no document evidencing any transaction or possession of any land by way of transfer, exchange, lease, (Act XVI of 1908) agreement or settlement shall -be registered under the India Registration Act, 1908 if it appears lo the Registering Authority that the transaction has been effected in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (2)".

[Received the assent of the Governor of Nagaland on the 27^th March, 2002 and published in the Nagaland Gazette Extraordinary dated 15th April, 2002.]

An Act

further to amend the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 (Regulation No. 1 of 1886)

It

is hereby enacted in the fifty third year Republic of India as follows:-

(1) This Act

may be called the Nagaland Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2002.

(2) It shall extend to the whole of Nagaland.

(3) It shall

come into force from such date and in such areas as the State Government may direct by notification in the official Gazette.

In

Section 162, after sub - section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted :-

"Provided that nothing

contained in this chapter or in the rules made there under shall affect any transfer by way of a mortgage in favour of any nationalised banks, a corporative society registered under the Assam Cooperative Societies Act 1949 or such other financing institution as may be approved by the State Government.

Provided further that such nationalised banks, cooperative Societies or other financing institution shall not transfer any land to person other than the indigenous inhabitant of Nagaland except with the previous sanction of the State Government or an authority appointed in this behalf.