The Punjab Land Revenue Act
Punjab Acts · Punjab · 1967 · Act XVII of 1967
Legal status
In force
Effective date
1967-12-07
Sections
205
Chapter II — Divisions And Districts
Chapter III — Appointment And Powers Of Revenue Officers
- 7: Classes of Revenue Officers
- 8: Appointment of Commissioners and Collectors
- 9: Additional Commissioners and Additional Collectors
- 10: Assistant Commissioners and Assistant Collectors
- 11: Tehsildars
- 11A: Appointment and duties of Kanungo and Patwari
- 12: Certain appointments to be notified Administrative Control
- 13: Superintendence and control of Revenue Officers
- 14: Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases
- 15: Combination of offices Powers
- 16: Conferment of powers of Revenue Officers
- 17: Functions of Revenue Officers
- 18: Retention of powers by Revenue Officers on transfer
Chapter IV — Procedure Of Revenue Officers
- 19: Subordination of Revenue Officers
- 20: Powers to make rules as to procedure
- 21: Persons by whom appearance and applications may be made before and to Revenue Officers
- 22: Powers of Revenue Officers to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents
- 23: Summons to be in writing signed and sealed
- 24: Mode of service of summons
- 25: Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation, or copy thereof
- 26: Mode of making proclamation
- 27: Inquiries under the Act to be deemed judicial proceedings
- 28: Language of Revenue Offices
- 29: Arrest of defaulter to be made upon warrant
- 30: Power of Revenue Officers to enter upon any lands or premises for purpose of measurements, etc
- 31: Place of sittings
- 32: Proceedings held on holidays
- 33: Seals
- 34: Costs
- 35: Penalty
Chapter IX — Recovery Of Other Demands By Revenue Officers
Chapter V — Village Officers
Chapter VI — Records
- 39: Record-of-rights and documents included therein
- 40: Making of special revision of record-of-rights
- 41: Periodical records
- 41A: Preparation of computerized records
- 41B: Computerized periodical records
- 41C: Development and maintenance of computerized systems Procedure for making records
- 42: Making of that part of periodical records which relates to land-owners
- 42A: Report of acquisition of rights
- 43: Making of that part of periodical record which relates to other persons
- 44: Determination of disputes
- 45: Restriction on variations of entries in records
- 46: Mutation fees
- 47: Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records
- 48: Penalty Rights of Government and presumptions with respect thereto and to other matters
- 49: Rights of Government in mines and minerals
- 50: Presumption as to ownership of forests, quarries and waste-lands
- 51: Compensation for infringement of rights of third parties in exercise of a right of Government
- 52: Presumption in favour of entries in records-of-rights and periodical records
- 53: Suit for declaratory decrees by persons aggrieved by an entry in a record Supplemental Provisions
- 54: Records-of-rights and periodical records for groups of estates
- 54A: Power to call for information
- 55: Powers to make rules respecting records and other matters connected therewith The Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) 103
Chapter VII — Assessment
- 56: Assessment of land revenue
- 56A: Exemption of land revenue
- 57: Basis of assessment
- 58: Limit of assessments General Assessments
- 59: Notification of intended re-assessment and instructions as to principles of assessment
- 60: Mode of determining assessment
- 61: Announcement of assessment
- 62: Application for reconsideration of assessment
- 63: Confirmation and duration of assessment
- 64: Duration of assessment
- 65: Assessment to remain in force till new assessment takes effect
- 66: Refusal to be liable for assessment and consequences thereof
- 67: Distribution of the assessment of an estate over the holdings comprised therein
- 68: Application for amendment of the distribution of an assessment
- 69: Appeals from orders under sections 62 and 68 Special Assessment
- 70: Special assessments
- 70A: Section 70A
- 70B: Determination of land ownership
- 70C: Information about increase in the extent of ownership
- 70D: Change in the basis of exemption or assessment
- 70E: Exemption or assessment of land-revenue
- 71: Power to make rules
- 72: Procedure to be followed in making rules
- 73: Power to issue instructions
Chapter VIII — Collection Of Land Revenue
- 74: Liability for payment of land-revenue
- 75: Security for payment of land-revenue
- 76: Orders to regulate payment of land-revenue
- 77: Rules to regulate collection, remission and suspension of land-revenue
- 78: Costs recoverable as part of arrear
- 79: Certified account to be evidence as to arrear
- 80: Processes for recovery of arrears
- 81: Notice of demand
- 82: Arrest and detention of defaulter
- 83: Distress and sale of movable property and crops
- 84: Transfer of holding
- 85: Attachment of holding
- 86: Annulment of assessment of holding
- 87: Proclamation of attachment or annulment of assessment and consequences of proclamation
- 88: Sale of holding
- 89: Effect of sale on encumbrances
- 90: Proceedings against other immovable property of defaulter
- 91: Remedies open to person denying his liability for an arrear Procedure in sales
- 92: Proclamation of sale
- 93: Indemnity to Revenue Officer with respect to contents of proclamation
- 94: Publication of proclamation
- 95: Time and conduct of sale
- 96: Power to postpone sale
- 97: Stay of sale
- 98: Deposit by purchaser in case of sale of immovable property
- 99: Consequences of failure to pay deposit
- 100: Time for payment in full
- 101: Procedure in default of payment
- 102: Report of sale to Commissioner
- 103: Application to set aside sale
- 104: Order confirming or setting aside sale
- 105: Refund or deposit of purchase money when sale set aside
- 106: Proclamation after postponement or on re-sale
- 107: On confirmation of sale possession and certificate to be granted to purchaser
- 108: Sale of movable property and perishable articles
- 109: Mode of payment for movable property when sale is concluded on the spot
- 110: Mode of payment for movable property when sale is subject to confirmation
- 111: Proceeds of sale
- 112: Claims to attached movable or immovable property how to be disposed of
Chapter X — Surveys And Boundaries
- 116: Revenue survey may be introduced by Board of Revenue in any part of Province
- 117: Power of Revenue Officers to define boundaries
- 118: Surveys for purpose of preparation of records
- 119: Assistance to be given by holders and others in the measurement or classification of lands
- 120: Professional surveys
- 121: Power of Board of Revenue to make rules for demarcation of boundaries and erection of boundary marks
- 122: Effect of the settlement of boundary
- 123: Power to fix boundary between riverain estates The Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) 105
- 124: Effect of fixing boundary between riverain estates
- 125: Application for immediate transfer of rights
- 126: Award of compensation and extinguishment of rights thereby
- 127: Voluntary transfers not affected
- 128: Rights transferred to be liable to all the incidents of tenure of the estate of which the transfer is made
- 129: Cost of erection and repair of boundary and survey marks
- 130: Recovery of cost incurred by Government
- 131: Responsibility for the maintenance of boundary and survey marks
- 132: Report of destruction or removal of or injury to boundary or survey marks
- 133: Land measurement or survey to be based on a square system or rectangulation
- 134: Penalty
Chapter XI — Partition
- 135: Application for partition
- 135A: Partition in case of inheritance
- 135B: Schedule for partition
- 136: Restrictions and limitations on partition
- 137: Notice of application for partition
- 138: Addition of parties to application
- 139: Omitted(omitted)
- 140: Procedure on admission of application
- 141: Question of title or possession in holding
- 142: Disposal of other questions
- 142A: Decision of partition cases
- 143: Administration of property excluded from partition
- 144: Distribution of revenue and rent after partition
- 145: Instrument of partition
- 146: Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition
- 147: Affirmation of partition privately effected
- 147A: Unification of holdings for partition of land
- 148: Power to make rules as to cost of partition
- 149: Re-distribution of land according to custom
- 150: Officers who may be empowered to act under this Chapter
Chapter XII — Arbitration
- 151: Power to refer to arbitration
- 152: Order of reference and contents thereof
- 153: Arbitration Committee
- 154: Substitution of arbitrators by parties
- 155: Nomination and substitution of arbitrators by Revenue Officers
- 156: Process for appearance before arbitrators
- 157: Award of arbitrators and presentation thereof
- 158: Procedure on presentation of award
- 159: Effect of award
- 160: Arbitration Act not to apply to arbitration under this Chapter
Chapter XIII — Appeal, Review And Revision
Chapter XIV — Supplemental Provisions
- 168: Power to deposit certain sums other than rent
- 169: Procedure in case of deposits Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts
- 170: Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts for execution of processes against land, etc
- 171: Preservation of attached produce Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts
- 172: Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts in matters within the jurisdiction of Revenue Officers
- 173: Powers to invest officers making records-of-rights or general re-assessments with powers of Civil Courts
- 174: Control over such officers and appeals from and revision of their decrees and orders General
- 175: Prevention of encroachment upon common lands
- 175A: Penalty for encroachments
- 176: Papers kept by Village Officers to be deemed public documents
- 177: Maps and land record open to inspection, etc
- 178: Restriction on Revenue Officers bidding at auctions or engaging in trade
Chapter XV — Miscellaneous
Preliminary
Schedule
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