The Mizoram (Prevention of Public Land Encroachment) Act, 2026
The Mizoram (Prevention of Public Land Encroachment) Act, 2026
This Act establishes a legal framework to prevent and remove unauthorized occupation of public land in Mizoram. It defines public land to include government property, community spaces, and common-use areas like playgrounds, graveyards, and grazing grounds. The law empowers the Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) to evict encroachers, impose penal rents, and order the removal of illegal structures. It applies to all areas of Mizoram, excluding those under Autonomous District Councils. For citizens, this means that occupying public land without permission is illegal and carries financial penalties, potential eviction, and the forfeiture of any structures or crops placed on that land.
- 1. Short title, extent, and commencement
- 2. Definition
- 3. Prohibition of encroachment of public land
- 4. Authorized officer for prevention of encroachment of public land
- 5. Penalty for unauthorised occupation of public land
- 6. Assessment of penal rent
- 7. Assessment of rent and penalty
- 8. Summary eviction and forfeiture
- 9. Stay of construction
- 10. Power to remove unauthorized constructions
- 11. In such cases, prior approval of Government shall be obtained.
- 12. Penalty
- 13. Attachment or forfeiture of properties
- 14. Encroachment likely to cause public nuisance and breach of peace
- 15. Jurisdiction of civil courts barred
- 16. Powers of Revenue Court
- 17. Deemed unauthorized occupation of land on lease
- 18. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 19. Power to make rules
- 20. Power to remove difficulties
- 21. Repeal and savings
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