Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887
An Act to amend and declare the Land-revenue Law of the Punjab.
Chapter I: Preliminary
Chapter II: Revenue-Officers.
- 6 Classes of Revenue-officers
- 7 Financial Commissioner
- 8 Appointment of Commissioners, and Deputy, Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners
- 9 Appointment of Tahsildars and Naib-tahsildars
- 10 Powers of Revenue-officers
- 11 Superintendence and control of Revenue-officers
- 12 Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases
- 13 Appeals
- 14 Limitation for appeals
- 15 Review by Revenue-officers
- 16 Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue-officers
- 17 Power to make rules as to procedure
- 18 Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before and to Revenue-officers
- 19 Power of Revenue-officer to summon persons
- 20 Mode of service of summons 1 judgment
- 21 Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation or copy thereof
- 22 Mode of making proclamation
Sections
Chapter III
Chapter IV: Records.
- 31 Record-of-rights and documents included therein 3 judgments
- 32 Making or special revision of record-of-rights
- 33 Annual record
- 34 Making of that part of the annual record which relates to land-owners, assignees of revenue and occupancy, tenants 1 judgment
- 35 Making of that part of the annual record which relates to other persons
- 36 Determination of disputes
- 37 Restrictions on variation of entries in records
- 38 Mutation-fees
- 39 Penalty for neglect to report acquisition of any right referred to in section 34
- 40 Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records
- 41 Rights of the Government in mines and minerals 1 judgment
- 42 Presumption as to ownership of forests, quarries and waste-lands 4 judgments
- 43 Compensation for infringement of rights of third parties in exercise of a right of the Government
- 44 Presumption in favour of entries in records-of-rights and annual records 3 judgments
- 45 Suit for declaratory decree by person aggrieved by an entry in a record
- 46 Power to make rules respecting records and other matters connected therewith
- 47 Record-of-rights and annual records for groups of estates
Chapter V: Assessment.
- 48 Assessment of land-revenue
- 49 Notification of intended re-assessment and instructions, as to principles of assessment
- 50 Mode of determining assessment
- 51 Announcement of assessment
- 52 Application for re-consideration of assessment
- 53 Confirmation and duration of assessment
- 54 Assessment to remain in force till new assessment takes effect
- 55 Refusal to be liable for assessment and consequence thereof
- 56 Distribution of the assessment of an estate over the holdings comprised therein
- 57 Application for amendment of the distribution of an assessment
- 58 Appeals from orders under sections 52 and 57
- 59 Special assessment
- 60 Formation of waste-land into separate estates 1 judgment
Chapter VI: Collection of Land-Revenue.
- 61 Security for payment of land-revenue
- 62 Further security for payment of land-revenue
- 63 Orders to regulate payment of land-revenue
- 64 Rules to regulate collection, remission and suspension of land-revenue
- 65 Costs recoverable as part of arrear
- 66 Certified account to be evidence as to arrear
- 67 Processes for recovery of arrears 1 judgment
- 68 Writ of demand
- 69 Arrest and detention of defaulter 1 judgment
- 70 Distress and sale of moveable property and crops
- 71 Transfer of holding
- 72 Attachment of estate or holding
- 73 Annulment of assessment of estate or holding
- 74 Proclamation of attachment or annulment of assessment, and consequences of the proclamation
- 75 Sale of estate or holding
- 76 Effect of sale on encumbrances
- 77 Proceedings against other immoveable property of defaulter
- 78 Remedies open to person denying his liability for an arrear
Sections
- 79 Proclamation of sale
- 80 Indemnity to Revenue-officer with respect to contents of proclamation
- 81 Publication of proclamation
- 82 Time and conduct of sale
- 83 Power to postpone sale
- 84 Stay of sale
- 85 Payment of deposit by highest bidder
- 86 Consequences of failure to pay deposit
- 87 Exercise of right of pre-emption
- 88 Time for payment in full
- 89 Procedure in default of payment
- 90 Report of sale to Commissioner
- 91 Application to set aside sale
- 92 Order confirming or setting aside sale
- 93 Refund of purchase-money on setting aside of sale
- 94 Proclamation after postponement or on re-sale
- 95 On confirmation of sale, possession and certificate to be granted to purchaser
- 96 Proceeds of sale
Chapter VII: Recovery of Other Demands by Revenue-Officers.
Chapter VIII: Surveys and Boundaries.
- 100 Power of Financial Commissioner to make rules for demarcation of boundaries and erection of survey-marks 1 judgment
- 101 Power of Revenue-officers to define boundaries
- 102 Cost of erection and repair of survey-marks
- 103 Recovery of cost incurred by the Government
- 104 Power of Revenue-offices to enter on land for purposes of survey and demarcation
- 105 Surveys for purpose of preparation of records
- 106 Provision of flag holders and chainmen for those surveys
- 107 Professional surveys
- 108 Penalty for destruction, injury or removal of survey-marks
- 109 Report of destruction or removal of or injury to survey-marks
Chapter IX: Partition.
- 110 Effect of partitions of estates and tenancies on joint liability for revenue and rent
- 111 Application for partition
- 112 Restrictions and limitations on partition
- 113 Notice of application for partition
- 114 Addition of parties to application
- 115 Absolute disallowance of partition
- 116 Procedure on admission of application
- 117 Disposal of questions as to title in property to be divided 1 judgment
- 118 Disposal of other questions
- 119 Administration of property excluded from partition
- 120 Distribution of revenue and rent after partition
- 121 Instrument of partition 1 judgment
- 122 Delivery of possessions of property allotted on partition
- 123 Affirmation of partition s privately effected
- 124 Power to make rules as to costs of partition
- 125 Re-distribution of land according to custom
- 126 Officer who may be empowered to act under this Chapter
Chapter X: Arbitration.
- 127 Power to refer to arbitration
- 128 Order of reference and contents thereof
- 129 Nomination of arbitrators
- 130 Substitution of arbitrators by parties
- 131 Nomination and substitution of arbitrators by Revenue-officers
- 132 Process for appearance before arbitrators
- 133 Award of arbitrators and presentation thereof
- 134 Procedure on presentation of award
- 135 Effect of award
Chapter XI: Special Jurisdiction With Respect to Land.
Chapter XII: Suplemental Provisions.
- 138 Power to deposit certain sums other than rent
- 139 Procedure in case of deposit on account of a payment due to Government
- 140 Procedure in case of other deposits
- 141 Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts for execution of processes against land or the produce thereof to be addressed to a Revenue-officer
- 142 Attachment of assigned land-revenue
- 143 Preservation of attached produce
- 144 Division of produce
- 145 Village cesses
- 146 Superior land-owners’ dues
- 147 Substitution of service for payment of land-revenue
- 148 Recovery of cost of assessing assigned land-revenue
- 149 Penalty for failure to attend within limits of estate in obedience to order of Revenue-officers
- 150 Prevention of encroachment on common lands
- 151 Papers kept by village-officers to be deemed public documents
- 152 Costs
- 153 Computation of periods limited for appeals and applications for review
- 154 Restriction on Revenue-officers bidding at auctions or trading
- 155 Power to make rules
- 156 Rules to be made after previous publication
- 157 Powers exerciseable by the Financial Commissioner from time to time
- 158 Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts, in matters within the jurisdiction of Revenue-officers
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