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Bare Act

The Goa, Daman and Diu Mundkars (Protection From Eviction) Act, 1975

Civil197543 sections4 chapters

This law protects people who live on land owned by others, specifically agricultural laborers known as mundkars, from being forced out of their homes. It applies to the Union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu. The Act defines what counts as a dwelling house, including the building and some surrounding land, and sets rules for how landlords, called bhatkars, can evict tenants. It matters because it ensures that vulnerable workers have secure housing and legal recourse if they face eviction, preventing arbitrary displacement and providing a framework for resolving disputes through administrative tribunals.

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Chapter I Chapter I →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Definitions

Chapter II Chapter II →

  1. 3Rights of a mundkar to be heritable
  2. 4Bar to eviction from a dwelling house and restoration of possession
  3. 5Relief in certain cases of threatened wrongful dispossession
  4. 6Right of mundkar to enjoy supply of power or water or any customary easement, etc
  5. 7Mundkar to have right to repair, maintain and improve his dwelling house
  6. 7AMundkar to have right to reconstruct, rebuild his dwelling house
  7. 8Mundkar to have right to use the dwelling house for business, etc
  8. 8ADeclaration of right
  9. 9Transfer of property by bhatkar
  10. 10Lease holder of a mundkar how to be dealt
  11. 11Free services by mundkars to be abolished
  12. 12Grounds on which a mundkar can be evicted from his dwelling house
  13. 13Transfer of pending suit or other proceedings for eviction
  14. 14Surrender by mundkar
  15. 15Right of mundkar to purchase the dwelling house
  16. 16Procedure for purchase under section 15
  17. 17Mundkar’s right to alienate
  18. 18Grant of loan by Government to a mundkar regarding his dwelling house
  19. 19Bar to attachment, seizure or sale by process of court

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 20Commencement of proceedings
  2. 21Procedure
  3. 22Execution of order for payment of money or restoring possession
  4. 23Power to transfer proceedings
  5. 24Appeal
  6. 25Revision
  7. 26Extent of powers in appeal or revision
  8. 27Powers of Civil Courts to be exercised in conduct of inquiries and proceedings under this Act
  9. 28Limitation and court fees
  10. 29Register of mundkars
  11. 30Provided that no order prejudicial to any person shall be passed without giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 31Protection of action taken under the Act and bar of jurisdiction of Courts
  2. 32Suits involving issues required to be decided under this Act
  3. 33Bar on appearance by pleaders
  4. 34Penalty
  5. 35Offences by companies
  6. 36Power to give directions
  7. 37Delegation of powers
  8. 38Act to over-ride other laws, etc
  9. 39Exemptions
  10. 40Power to make rules
  11. 41Repeal and saving

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