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Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, (Central) Complete Act

Title: the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT, 2013 Chapter I - PRELIMINARY Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section 2 - Application of Act Section 3 - Definitions Chapter II - DETERMINATION OF SOCIAL IMPACT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE Section 4 to 6 - A. Section 4 - Preparation of Social Impact Assessment study Section 5 - Public hearing for Social Impact Assessment Section 6 - Publication of Social Impact Assessment study Section 7 to 9 - B. Section 7 - Appraisal of Social Impact Assessment report by an Expert Group Section 8 - Examination of proposals for land acquisition and Social Impact Assessment report by appropriate Government Section 9 - Exemption from Social Impact Assessment Chapter III - SPECIAL PROVISION TO SAFEGUARD FOOD SECURITY Section 10 - Special provision to safeguard food security Chapter IV - NOTIFICATION AND ACQUISITION Section 11 - Publication of preliminary notification and power of officers thereupon Section 12 - Preliminary survey of land and power of officers to carry out survey Section 13 - Payment for damage Section 14 - Lapse of Social Impact Assessment report Section 15 - Hearing of objections Section 16 - Preparation of.....

Bhilsa Ramlila Fair Act, 1956, (Maharashtra) Complete Act

Title: the Bhilsa Ramlila Fair Act, 1956

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1956

Preamble - THE ACT FOR AVOIDING WAGERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1865 Section 1 - Contracts declared null and void. No suit allowed on such contracts Section 2 - Nor for commission or brokerage, etc., in respect of agreements by way of gaming or wagering Section 3 - Payments for which guardian and personal representative not to be allowed credit Section 4 - Repeal and savings Section 5 - Number and gender

The Orissa Tenancy Act, 1913 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1913

.....Puri and Balasore in the State of Orissa, except any area or part of an area which is constituted as a Municipality under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1884 (Bengal Act III of 1884), and which is specified in this behalf by notification issued by the State Government. Section 2 - Repeal The enactments specified in Schedule I are hereby repealed in the area to which this Act extends. Section 3 - Definitions (1) In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context (1) "agricultural year" means the year commencing on the first day of Baisakh of the Oriya year; Provided that the first agricultural year shall be deemed to commence on the first day of Baisakh following the date of the commencement of this Act; (2) "bazyaftidar" means a person holding lands the title to hold which upon special terms was declared invalid by the Cuttack Land Revenue Regulation, 1805 (XII of 1805), the Bengal Land Revenue Assessment (Resumed Lands) Regulation, 1819 (II of 1819) or the Bengal Revenue-free Lands Regulation, 1825 (XIV of 1825) and which have been assessed, in the course of a settlement of land-revenue, at a rent fixed for the term of that settlement; and.....

The Madras Estates Land Act, 1908 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1908

THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 [Act No. 1 of 1908] PREAMBLE An Act to declare and amend the law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and declare the Law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Chapter I - PRELIMINARY THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 [Act No. 1 of 1908] PREAMBLE An Act to declare and amend the law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and declare the Law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title, Commencement, Local extent This Act may be called the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908: It shall come into force on the first day of July 1908: and it shall extend to the whole of the Presidency of Madras except the Presidency Town, the district of Malabar and the portion of the Nilgiri district known as the South East Wynaad. Section 2 - Repeal Madras Acts VIII of 1865 and II of 1871 and section 7 of Madras Act.....

West Bengal Nonagricultural Tenancy Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1949

.....(8) all words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and used in 88. Words and figures subs, for the words and figures "the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885," by W.B. Act 8 of 1974. [the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955] or the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, have the same meanings as in those Acts. CHAPTER 2 Classes of non-agricultural tenants Section 3 Classes of non-agricultural tenants (1) There shall be, for the purposes of this Act, the following classes of non-agricultural tenants, namely: (a) tenants, and (b) under-tenants. (2) "Tenant" means a person who has acquired [a right to hold non-agricultural land directly under the State] for any of the purposes provided in this Act, and includes also the successors-in-interest of persons who have acquired such a right. (3) "Under-tenant" means a person, who has acquired a right to hold non-agricultural land for any of the purposes provided in this Act either immediately or mediately under a tenant and includes also the successors-in-interest of persons who have acquired such a right. Section 4 Purposes for which non-agricultural tenant may hold non- agricultural land .A non-agricultural tenant may hold.....

The Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1951

.....minor or of unsound mind or an idiot, his guardian, Committee or other legal curator shall be deemed to be an Intermediary for the purposes of this Act. All acts done by an Intermediary under this Act shall be deemed to have been done by his heirs and successors-in-interest and shall be binding on them]; 2[(hh) ˜Intermediary interest' means an estate or any rights or interest therein held or owned by or vested in an Intermediary and any reference to ˜estate' in this Act shall be construed as including a reference to ˜Intermediary Interest' also]; (i) "Homestead" means a dwelling house used by the Intermediary for the purposes of his own residence or for the purposes of letting out on rent together with any Courtyard, compound, garden, orchard and out-buildings attached thereto and includes any tank, library and place of worship appertaining to such dwelling house but does not include any building comprised in such estate and used primarily as office or kutchery for the administration of the estate on and from the 1st day of January, 1946. (j) "Khas possession" used with reference to the possession of an Intermediary of any land used for agricultural or.....

Biological Diversity Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....of any Panchayats or Municipalities, institutions of self-Government constituted under any other provision of the Constitution or any Central Act or State Act; (i) "member" means a member of the National Biodiversity Authority or a State Biodiversity Board and includes the Chairperson; (j) "National Biodiversity Authority" means the National Biodiversity Authority established under Sec. 8; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act; (m) "research" means study or systematic investigation of any biological resource or technological application, that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof to make or modify products or processes for any use; (n) "State Biodiversity Board" means the State Biodiversity Board established under Sec. 22; (o) "sustainable use" means the use of components of biological diversity in such manner and at such rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of the biological diversity thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations; (p) "value added products" means products which may contain.....

The Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1994

.....present Bill to replace the Assam Panchayat Ordinance, 1994 with the above modifications. STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS OF THE BILL (Amending Act--Assam Act No. X of 1997) For removal of difficulties in implementing some of the provisions of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 and to make the functioning of the Panchayats more effective in Assam, it was felt expedient to constitute a High Power Committee to examine the provisions of the existing State Panchayat Act and Rules made thereunder and to recommend amendment including interim recommendations in respect of provisions relating to delimitation of Zilla Parishad constituencies. Accordingly, a High Power Committee was constituted vide this Department's Notification No. PDA. 208/96/4, dated 6th September 1996. The High Power Committee deliberated on the matter in its meetings held on 20th September 1996, 18th October 1996 and 24th December 1996 and recommended the amendments as proposed in the Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, 1997. (Published in the Assam Gazette Extraordinary No. 74 dated the 20th March, 1997.) STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS (Amendment Act--Assam Act No. XVI of 2001) In the Assam Panchayat Act,.....

The Assam (Temporarily Settled Areas) Tenancy Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1971

THE ASSAM (TEMPORARILY SETTLED AREAS) TENANCY ACT, 1971 THE ASSAM (TEMPORARILY SETTLED AREAS) TENANCY ACT, 1971 [Act XXIII of 1971] [10th December, 1971] PREAMBLE An Act to regulate the relations of landlord and tenant in the temporarily settled areas of Assam. Whereas it is expedient to regulate to the rights and liabilities of agricultural tenants and their landlords in temporarily settled lands in the State of Assam; It is hereby enacted in the twenty-second year of the Republic of India as follows" ___________________________ Received the assent of the President on the 3rd December, 1971. Published in the Assam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 10th December, 1971. Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Assam (Temporarily Settled Areas) Tenancy Act, 1971. (2) It shall come into force at once (With effect from 10th December 1971). (3) It extends to" (a) the districts of Kamrup, Nowgong, Darrang, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur; (b) Silchar and Hailakandi Sub-divisions of the district of Cachar ; and (c) temporarily settled areas of Gossaingaon, Sidli and Bijni Circles of Kokrajhar Sub-division in the.....

The Orissa Merged Territories (Village Offices Abolition) Act, 1963 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1963

.....territories of the former State of Bamra; (h) "Grama Sasan" means the Grama Sasan constituted under the provisions of the Orissa Grama Panchayats Act, 1948 (Orissa Act 15 of1948); (i) "right of occupancy" shall have the same meaning as has been assigned to it in the Orissa Merged States' (Laws) Act, 1950 (Orissa Act 4 of 1950) in respect of an occupancy tenant; (j) "Village Office" in relation to any of the merged territories specified in Column 1 of the Schedule shall mean the office shown in Column 2 of the said Schedule in respect of such merged territories; and (k) words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the relevant law rule, order, ˜usage, settlement, sanad or other grant relating to the Village Offices in the corresponding merged territories. REFERRED TO- (i) Bamra Revenue Rules, 1929 and Mutation Rules- Gountia has no occupancy right-Gounti-raiyati land of Bamra State: 56 (1983) CLT482 (FB). (ii) Section 2- Water reservoir for use by village community-Not Bhogra land: ILR (1977) 1 Cutt. 305. Definitions. (iii) Sections 2 (b), 2 (j) and Section 3 (f)-Pradhani Jagir land in the ex-State.....