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The Malabar Land Registration Act, 1895 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1895

THE MALABAR LAND REGISTRATION ACT, 1895 THE MALABAR LAND REGISTRATION ACT, 1895 [Act No. 3 of 1896] PREAMBLE An Act to make better provision for the registration of prop ryotors of estates subject to the payment of revenue direct to Government in Malabar and Wynaad. WHEREAS Regulation XXVI of 1802 provides that landed property paying revenue to Government shall be registered by the Collector; and whereas such landed property in Malabar and the Wynaad has in many cases not been registered in the names of the proprietors thereof; and whereas it is desirable for the security of the public revenue to provide a summary means whereby the Collector may ascertain such proprietors; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title (1) This Act may be called the Malabar Land Registration Act, 1895. (2) Extent.- It extends to the whole of the Malabar district and to that portion of the Nilgiri district which is known as South-East Wynaad. Section 2 - Interpretation clause In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,- "Estate".- "estate" means any land which is subject either now or prospectively to separate assessment.....