42: Making of that part of periodical records which relates to land-owners

Making of that part of periodical records which relates to land-owners.– [(1) Subject to other provisions of this Chapter, a person acquiring by inheritance or letter of administration under any law for the time being in force or any applicable mode as mentioned under clauses (ix) and (x) of sub-section (2) of section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908) or through any other mode as may be notified by the Board of Revenue, any right in an estate as a land-owner shall forthwith report his acquisition of such right to the Patwari of the estate, who shall: (a) record such report in the Roznamacha to be maintained in the prescribed manner; and (b) furnish a copy of the report so recorded, free of cost, to the person making the report.] [* * * * * * * * *] (2) If the person acquiring the right is a minor or is otherwise unable to report, his guardian or other person having charge of his property shall make the report to the [Patwari [* * * *]]. (3) The Patwari shall enter in his register of mutations every report made to him under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), and shall also make an entry in the Roznamcha and in the register of mutations respecting the acquisition of any such right as aforesaid which he has reason to believe to have taken place, and of which report should have been made to him under either of those sub-sections and has not been so made. (4) The report made to the Patwari under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or recorded by him under sub-section (3) shall be displayed in such manner as may be prescribed. [(5) If the Patwari fails to record or display a report made to him under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the person making the report may make the report, in writing, to the The Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) 115 Revenue Officer concerned and the Revenue Officer shall thereupon cause such report to be entered in the register of mutations. (6) A Revenue Officer shall, from time to time, inquire into the correctness of all entries in the register of mutations and into all such acquisitions coming to his knowledge under this section or transfer of right through registered document or under court decree and in each case make such order as he thinks fit with respect to any entry in the periodical record of the right acquired or transferred. (7) A person transferring a right through sale, mortgage, gift, or otherwise, in an estate as a land-owner, or a tenant acquiring a right for a period of one year, he shall forthwith report such transfer or acquisition of right to the Registering Authority under the Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908). (7-a) The Registering Authority shall, in the prescribed manner or by making a report of the transfer of right to the official of the Arazi Record Center designated under the Punjab Land Records Authority Act 2017 (VI of 2017) cause the entry of mutation.] (8) An inquiry or an order [through the computerized land records system] under sub- section (6) shall be made in the common assembly in the estate to which the mutation, which is the subject matter of the inquiry, relates. (9) Where a Revenue Officer makes an order under sub-section (6) in regard to the acquisition of any right, an entry shall be made in the periodical record by the insertion therein of a description of the right acquired and by the omission from such record of any entry in any record previously prepared, which, by reason of the acquisition, has ceased to be correct. (10) If within three months of the making of a report of the acquisition of a right under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), or the recording by the Patwari of an entry in the Roznamcha under sub-section (3) respecting the acquisition of any right, no order is made by the Revenue Officer under sub-section (6), he shall report the cause of delay to the Collector in the prescribed manner. (11) The Revenue Officer shall, in the prescribed manner, send or cause to be sent, the gist of an order made by him under sub-section (6), to the person whose right is acquired [* * * *]. [(12) A transfer of property, executed earlier through a registered document, shall take precedence over the latter for the purpose of recording of mutation and delivery of possession under this section. (13) The registered document for transfer of possession of land or immovable property held in joint ownership, shall specify a reference to a Government land record map or survey with the area and measurements of boundaries and other description thereof sufficient to identify such land or immovable property.]

Effective date: 1967-12-07

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