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Himachal Pradesh Land Preservation Act

The Himachal Pradesh Land Preservation Act, 1978

General197822 sections6 chapters

This law regulates land use in Himachal Pradesh to protect the state from soil erosion and conserve groundwater. The government can designate specific areas and issue orders that temporarily ban or restrict activities like clearing land, cutting trees, quarrying stone, and grazing animals. It applies to landowners, right-holders, and local residents living in these protected zones. By controlling these activities, the Act aims to prevent environmental damage and ensure the sustainable management of natural resources in the mountainous regions of the state.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

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

Chapter II NOTIFICATION AND REGULATION OF AREAS →

  1. 3Notification of areas
  2. 4Power to regulate, restrict or prohibit, by general or special order, within notified areas, certain matters
  3. 5Power in certain cases to regulate, restrict or prohibit by special order, within notified areas, certain further matters
  4. 6Power to require execution of works and taking of measures
  5. 7Necessity for regulation, restriction or prohibition to be recited in the order under sections 4, 5 or 6 and publication of order
  6. 8Proclamation of regulations, restrictions and prohibitions and admission of claims for compensation for rights which are restricted or prohibited
  7. 9Power to fix time within which work to be executed, etc.

Chapter III POWER TO ENTER UPON AND DELIMIT NOTIFIED AREAS →

  1. 10Power to enter upon, survey and demarcate local areas notified under section 3.

Chapter IV INQUIRY INTO CLAIMS AND AWARDS OF COMPENSATION →

  1. 11Inquiries into claims and awards thereupon.
  2. 12Method of awarding compensation and effect of such award.

Chapter V PROCEDURE, RECORDS AND APPEAL →

  1. 13Record-of-rights in respect of notified areas.
  2. 14Mode of proclaiming notifications and of serving notices, orders and processes, issued under the Act.
  3. 15Appeal, review and revision.

Chapter VI PUNISHMENTS, BAR OF SUITS AND RULES →

  1. 16Punishment for offences.
  2. 17Applications of provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.
  3. 18Power to try offences summarily.
  4. 19Power to compound offences.
  5. 20Bar to suits.
  6. 21Power to make rules.
  7. 22Repeal and Savings.

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