Submission of returns

(1) A landowner who is liable to pay surcharge under this Act and whose land is situated within the jurisdiction of more than one Kanungo, shall within such time as may be prescribed, give written information of the details of the total land revenue payable by him to the Patwari in whose jurisdiction he holds land with the largest land revenue and shall also submit a copy thereof to the Tehsildar having jurisdiction. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) of this section shall apply mutatis mutandis to a landowner who becomes liable to pay surcharge under this Act as a result of acquisition of land by purchase or inheritance or by bequest or by gift or by exchange or by mortgage or in any other manner whatsoever (under any law for the time being in force in the State of Himachal Pradesh) after the commencement of this Act and in his case, the period of return shall be thirty days from the date of such acquisition. 4 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE (SURCHARGE) ACT. 1974

1. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) of this section shall apply mutatis mutandis to a landowner who becomes liable to pay surcharge under this Act as a result of acquisition of land by purchase or inheritance or by bequest or by gift or by exchange or by mortgage or in any other manner whatsoever (under any law for the time being in force in the State of Himachal Pradesh) after the commencement of this Act and in his case, the period of return shall be thirty days from the date of such acquisition. 4 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE (SURCHARGE) ACT. 1974