Donation of land

(1) Any person being the owner of any land may donate such land to the Bhoodan Yagna Committee or to Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave by a declaration in writing in that behalf (hereinafter called the Bhoodan Yagna Danpatra): Provided that no person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be entitled to donate any land of the following classes, namely: (a) any cremation or burial ground, tank or pathway; (b) lands recorded in the record of rights as gairmazrua am; (c) lands held under service tenures; (d) any forest land notified under any of the provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (XVI of 1927), or the Bihar Private Forest Act, 1947 (Bihar Act IX of 1948); (e) lands containing mines and minerals, whether discovered or undiscovered or whether being worked or not; and (f) any other land which the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. (2) The Bhoodan Yagna Danpatra shall be filed before the Revenue Officer appointed under this Act as soon as it is made.