Prohibition of land grabbing

(1) No person shall commit or cause to be committed land grabbing, by himself or through any other person.

1. (2) Any person who, on or after the commencement of this Act, continue to be in occupation, otherwise than as a lawful tenant, of a grabbed land belonging to the

Government, Wakf, Hindu Religious Institution and Charitable Endowments, local authority, statutory or non-statutory body owned, controlled or managed by the State Government shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

1. (3) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to three years, and with fine which may extend to 1[fifty thousand rupees.]

¹ Substituted by Act 29 of 2025 w.e.f. 07.04.2025.