Amendment of Saurashtra Act No. XVII of

In the principal Act —

1. (a) in section 1, for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely :— “(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.”;
2. (b) in section 2 —
   • (i) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :— “(e) “Code” means —
   • (i) in relation to the Bombay area and the Saurashtra area of the State of Gujarat, the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879; and
   • (ii) in relation to the Kutch area of the State of Gujarat, the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 as applied to that area ;”;
   • (ii) in clause (f), for the words and figures “the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879” the words “the Code” shall be substituted ;
3. (c) in section 3, in sub-section

1. (1) —
   • (i) for the words and figures “the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879” the words “the Code” shall be substituted ;
   • (ii) for the words and figures “any Gram Panchayat constituted under the Saurashtra Gram Panchayat Ordinance, 1949” the words “any Village Panchayat constituted or deemed to be a Village Panchayat under the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958” shall be substituted ;
   • (d) in section 4A, for the words and figures “the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 as adapted and applied in Saurashtra” the words “the Code” shall be substituted ;
   • (e) in section 10, to sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :— “ Provided that no such order which adversely affects any person shall be passed under this section unless such person has been given reasonable opportunity of being heard.”.