Prohibition of land grabbing

1. (1) No person shall commit or cause to be

committed land grabbing.

1. (2) Any person who, or on after the commencement of this Act, continues to be in occupation, otherwise than as a lawful tenant, of a grabbed land belonging to the Government, local authority, religious or charitable institution or endowment including a wakf, or other private person, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
2. (3) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub section (1) or sub-section (2) shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years, and with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.