The Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1986

1. (1) This Act may be called the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1986. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.

2. For clause (m) of section 2 of the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following shall be substituted, namely,— "(m) 'land owner' in relation to any land, means any person who acquires rights of ownership in respect of such land under sub-section (1) of section 99, or who is entitled to the settlement of any land other than an agricultural land under sub-section (6) of section 99 and includes in either case successors in-interest of such person;".

3. For sub-section (1) of section 14 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely,— "(1) The Deputy Commissioner may, with the prior approval of the Government, allot land belonging to the Government for agricultural purposes or for construction of dwelling house in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf under this Act.".

4. In section 20 of the principal Act,— (i) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely,— "(1) If any person holding land for any purpose wishes to divert such land or any part thereof to any other purpose, he shall apply for permission to the competent authority which may, with the prior approval of the Government and subject to the provisions of this section and to the rules made under this Act, refuse permission or grant it on such conditions, if any, as may be directed by the Government."; (ii) the words "by the competent authority" occurring in sub-section (2) shall be deleted; (iii) for the words "one hundred" occurring in sub-sections (4) and (5), the following words "one thousand" shall be substituted.

5. For clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 37 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely,— "(a) When the circumstances of a local area such that a fresh determination or revision of revenue rates is considered expedient, the Government may order such fresh determination or revision, as the case may be, in such manner and to such extent as may be prescribed;".

6. After clause (a) of section 62 of the principal Act, the following clause (a-1) shall be inserted, namely,— "(a-1) by imposing such fine as may be fixed by the Government;".