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West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1955

.....of his own interest therein, but does not include the right of the bargadar to cultivate the land of the holding; 1010. Clause (7) subs. by W.B. Act Act 50 of 1981, which was earlier as under: "(7) "land" means agricultural land other than land comprised in a tea- garden which is retained under sub-section (3) of section 6 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953, and includes home-steads but does not include tank. Explanation: "Homestead" shall have the same meaning as in the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953.'. (7) "land" means land of every description and includes tank, tank-fishery, fishery, homestead, or land used for the purpose of livestock breeding, poultry farming, dairy or land comprised in tea garden, mill, factory, workshop, orchard, hat, bazar, ferries, tolls or land having any other sairati interests and any other land together with all interests, and benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to earth; (8) "Personal cultivation" means cultivation by a person of his own land on his own account (a) by his own labour, or (b) by the labour of any member of his family, or (c) by.....

Estate Duty Act, 1953 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1953

.....in the Wealth-tax Act and the rules made thereunder. 4. Another amendment seeks to make a provision similar to that contained in Income-tax Act, 1961 and Wealth-tax Act, 1957, to secure that where the deceased was a member of a co-operative housing Society the value of one house or part thereof allotted or leased to him under a house-building scheme of the society would be treated as a house owned by the deceased, thus qualifying for the concessional treatment accorded to residential house property. 5. The other amendments proposed in the Bill are of a consequential nature. 6. The amendments are being made with retrospective effect from the 1st day of March, 1981 and accordingly the proposed concessions will also be available in relation to estate duty in the case of persons who have died after the 28th February, 1981. 7. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects. -Gaz. of Ind., 13-7-82, Pt. II, S. 2,Ext" p. 8 (No. 28) Act 53 of 1984 This Bill seeks to amend the Estate Duty Act, 1953, mainly with a view to excluding agricultural lands from the levy of estate duty. 2. One of the amendments proposed accordingly seeks to provide that the Act shall cease to apply to the.....

Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1868 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1868

.....and the Commissioner shall be competent, in every case of appeal so preferred, to annul any sale of an estate or share of an estate made under this Act or Act 11 of 1859, which shall appear to him not to have been conducted according to the provisions of the said Act, awarding at the same time to the purchaser a payment from the proprietor of compensation for his loss, if the sale shall have been occasioned by neglect of the proprietor, such compensation not to exceed the interest at the highest rate of the current Government securities on the amount of deposit or balance of purchase-money during the period of its being retained in the Collectors office; and the order of the Commissioner, shall in such cases be final. Section 3 Time for revenue sales extended 55.Wrods "From the date when this Act comes into operation," rep. by Act 1 of 1903. * * * * * The word "thirty" shall be substituted for the word "fifteen" in section 6 of the said Act 11 of 1859 66.Words 'and the words "or more than thirty" in the same section shall be omitted therefrom, and the said section shall be read as if the same had not been inserted therein' rep. by Act 1 of 1903. * * * *. Section 4 Time for.....

Estate Duty Act, 1953 [Repealed] Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1953

.....power to determine the disposition of property of which the person invested with the power is not the owner; (14) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. (15) "property" includes any interest in property, movable or immovable the proceeds of sale thereof and any money or investment for the time being representing the proceeds of sale and also includes any property converted from one species into another by any method; Explanation1.- The creation by a person or with his consent of a debt or other right enforceable against him personally or against property which he was or might become competent to dispose of or to charge or burden for his own benefit, shall be deemed to have been a disposition made by that person, and in relation to such a disposition the expression " property" shall include the debt or right created. Explanation 2.- The extinguishment at the expense of the deceased of a debt or other right shall be deemed to have been a disposition made by the deceased in favour of the person for whose benefit the debt or right was extinguished, and in relation to such a disposition the expression "property" shall include the benefit conferred by th.....

The Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2003

.....AND MANAGEMENT OF ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LANDS) ACT, 2003 [1] THE KERALA FOREST (VESTING AND MANAGEMENT OF ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE LANDS) ACT, 2003 [1] (ACT 21 OF 2005 ) An Act to provide for the vesting in the Government of ecologically fragile lands in the State of Kerala and for the management of such lands with a view to maintaining ecological balance and conserving the bio-diversity. Preamble .-WHEREAS the earth's biological resources with their intrinsic ecological, genetic, economic, social, cultural, scientific, educational, recreational and aesthetic values are global assets and public trust vital to the sustained economic and social development, maintenance of ecological balance and the very existence of humanity; AND WHEREAS the fundamental requirement for the conservation of biological diversity is the insitu conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable populations of species in their natural surroundings; AND WHEREAS the tropical forests in the western ghats, which has been declared a bio-diversity hot-spot by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, are very rich.....

The Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1971

.....FORESTS (VESTING AND ASSIGNMENT) ACT, 1971 ( Published in K. G. Ex. dt. 23-8-1971.) THE KERALA PRIVATE FORESTS (VESTING AND ASSIGNMENT) ACT, 1971 [Act No. 26 of 1971] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the vesting in the Government of private forests in the State of Kerala and for the assignment thereof to agriculturists and agricultural laborers for cultivation Whereas the private forests in the State of Kerala are agricultural lands; And whereas Government consider that such agricultural lands should be so utilized as to increase the agricultural production in the State and to promote the welfare of the agricultural production in the State; And whereas Government also consider that to give effect to the above objectives it is necessary that the private forests should vest in the Government; Be it enacted in the Twenty second year of the Republic of India as follows:- Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th day of May, 1971. Section 2 -.....

The Sree Pandaravaka Lands(Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1971 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1971

THE SREE PANDARAVAKA LANDS(VESTING AND ENFRANCHISEMENT) ACT, 1971 [1] THE SREE PANDARAVAKA LANDS(VESTING AND ENFRANCHISEMENT) ACT, 1971 [1] (Act 20 of 1971) An Act to provide for the enfranchisement of Sree Pandaravaka lands held by landholders and for the vesting in the Government of certain Sree PandaravakaThanathu lands Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the enfranchisement of Sree Pandaravaka lands held by land-holders and for the vesting in the Government of certain Sree Pandaravaka Thanathu lands ; BE it enacted in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1 . Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Sree Pandaravaka Lands (Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1971. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) " appointed day" means the day on which this Act comes into force ; (b) "basic tax" means the tax imposed under the provisions of the Kerala Land Tax Act, 1961 (13 of 1961) ; (c) "financial year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April ; (d).....

The Punjab Occupancy Tenants (Vesting of Proprietary Rights) Act, 1952 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1952

.....of 1951). In order to give effect to the recommendations made by the Land Reforms Committee. It came into force from 15th June, 1952. 2. Under the Act as enacted by the President all rights of landlords in the land held by occupancy tenants, whether at present or in future, are to be extinguished and these will pass to the occupancy tenants on payment of such compensation for acquisition of these rights as may be determined under the Act. In brief the Act aims at converting all occupancy tenants into proprietors of their tenancies. The evacuee property has however, been exempted from the provisions of this Act because there has been no final agreement with Pakistan regarding it and the land left by displaced persons in Pakistan. 3. Now the State Legislature is in session the Act is being reenacted under Article 357(2) of the Constitution of India. The Act has been slightly modified now so as to enable the occupancy tenants to acquire proprietary rights in the Shamilat land also". (Punjab Government Gazette Extra-ordinary, dated the 1st October, 1952); An Act to vest proprietary rights in occupancy tenants and to provide for payment of compensation to the landlords whose.....

The Kerala Service Inam Lands (Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1981 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1981

.....or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Government or any officer for any act which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules made thereunder. 20. Power to remove difficulties. "(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order pub lished in the Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the pro visions of this Act which appear to them necessary for the purpose of remo ving the difficulty: Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of two years from the date on which this Act comes into force. (2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly. 21. Power to make rules. "The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for the following matters, namely:" (a) the fees payable on applications, appeals and claims made under this Act and the persons by whom and the period within which such fees shall be paid; (b) the procedure to be.....

The Orissa Vesting of Properties (in Grama Sasans) Act, 1964 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1964

.....to such modifications as the Assembly may make during the said period. 11. Act to override other Jaws. Save as otherwise expressly provided the provisions of this Act shall have effect, notwith standing anything to the contrary in any other law, custom, or usage or agreement, sanad or other grant or in any decree or order of Court or any other authority. 12. Power to remove doubts and difficulties. If any doubt or difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act Government may, as occasion may require, by order, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, which appears to them necessary for purposes of removing the doubt or difficulty. Orissa State Acts