Schedule

(See Section 2) Enactments Repealed Number and year Subject of enactment Extent of repeal (1) Act-XVII of 1887 The Punjab Land Revenue Act, The whole 1887as applied to Himachal Pradesh vide Himachal Pradesh (Application of Law) Order, 1948 “(and as in force in the areas added added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re- organisation Act, 1966]. (2) Act-IlT of 1952 The Punjab Land Revenue The whole (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1952. [(3) Act-Iof 1899 ~~ The Punjab Riverain Boundaries Act, 1899, as in force in the areas added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re- organisation Act, 1966.] 1. Clause (xxv) inserted vide H.P. Act No. 19 of 1971, renumbered as clause (xxvi) clause (xxvi) vide H.P. Act No. 15 of 1989. 2. Added vide H.P. Act No. 21 of 1976. 74 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE ACT, 1954 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION) ACT, 1976 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Sections: 1. Short title and commencement 2-28. [Amendments made by these sections incorporated in the principal Act.] 29. Extension. 30. Repeal and Savings. 31. Power to remove difficulties. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE(AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION) ACT, 1976 (ACT NO. 21 OF 1976)" (Received the assent of the Governor on the 30" April 1976, and was published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated the 18" May, 1976, pp. 1221-1228.) An Act to amend the Himachal Land Revenue Act, 1954 (Act No. 6 of 1954) as in force in the territory comprised in Himachal Pradesh immediately before 1st November, 1966 and to extend the said Act so amended to the territories added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (Act No. 31 of 1966). BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Twenty-seventy Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue(Amendment and Extension )Act, 1976. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2.-28. Amendments made by these sections incorporated in the principal Act. 29. Extension.- The principal Act as amended by this Act and all rules and orders made and all notifications, directions or instructions issued which are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act in the territory to which the said Act applies are hereby extended to and shall be in force in the territories added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966. 30. Repeal and savings.- Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 2 and 3 of the principal Act, the enactments added to the Schedule to the principal Act, under section 28 of this Act as applicable to the territories 1. For Hindi Text see the the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extraordinary), dated 5* December, 1996, pp. 2711. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE ACT, 1954 75 added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 and all rules and orders made and all notifications, directions or instructions issued thereunder, shall, upon the commencement of this Act, save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, stand repealed: Provided that such repeal shall not effect- (a) the previous operation of the Acts so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder, or (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the Acts so repealed, or (c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the Acts so repealed, or (d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed: Provided further that anything done or any action taken under the Acts so repealed shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Act extended by section 29 and shall continue to be in force accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the Act so extended. 31. Power to remove difficulties.- If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the Act, rules, or orders or instructions or directions how extended by section 29 to the territory in which they were not in force before the commencement of this Act, the State Government may, by order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for the removal of the difficulty. 76 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE ACT, 1954 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) Act, 1996. (Act NO. 3 OF 1996) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Sections: 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Amendment of section 4. 3. Amendment of section 16. 4. Amendment of section 32. 5. Insertion of section 33-A. 6. Insertion of section 34-A. 7. Amendment of section 36. 8. Amendment of section 38. 9. Insertion of section 38-A. 10. Insertion of section 47-A. 11. Amendment of section 117. 12. Amendment of section 171. 13. Validation. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) Act, 1996 (Act No. 3 of 1996)’ Received the assent of the Governor on 7.3.1996 and was published in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 12.3. 1996, pp. 999-1008. An Act further to amend the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 (Act No. 6 of 1954) and to validate certain actions taken in relation to the making or special revision of record-of-rights in the State. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1996. (2) It shall come into force at once except sections 2(b), 5, 6 and 10 which shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd day of September, 1976. Sections 2 to 12 incorporated in the Principal Act. 1. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 15.1.1996, pp- 241 and 246. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE ACT, 1954 77 13. Validation.-Notwithstanding anything contained in the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 (Act No. 6 of 1954) and rules, instructions, notifications made or issued thereunder, or in any law for the time being in force or in any judgement, decree or order of any court or other authority, where at any time after the 23rd day of September, 1976 and before the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1996, if any record-of-rights or special revision of record- of-rights has been made in respect of lands, situated in the State of Himachal Pradesh, such making or special revision of record-of-rights shall and shall be deemed always to have been valid and shall not be questioned on the ground that the amendments made vide sections 2(b), 5, 6 and 10 of this Act were not in force at that time when such record-of-rights were made or specially revised.