The Odisha Revenue Administration (Units) Act, 1963

(1) This Act may be called the Orissa Revenue Administration (Units) Act, 1963. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Orissa. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.

The units for purposes of revenue administration within the State shall be the Revenue Divisions, Districts, Subdivisions and Tahsils as hereinafter specified.

The Revenue Division and the District and Subdivision shall, for purposes of this Act, be respectively- (a) the Revenue Division constituted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Orissa Revenue Divisional Commissioners' Act, 1957; and (b) the District and Subdivision constituted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898: Provided that the district, as defined in the Kandhmals Laws Regulation, 1936, shall be deemed to be a district for purposes of this Act.

The State Government may, by notification, divide any Subdivision into as many Tahsils, fixing the local limits of each such Tahsil as they deem fit and may in like manner alter the said limits: Provided that the State Government may declare the whole of the area within the local limits of a Subdivision to be also a Tahsil; Provided further that any area declared to be a Tahsil for the purposes of revenue administration prior to the date of commencement of this Act by an order notified in the Gazette and in force immediately before the said date, shall, unless the State Government otherwise direct, be deemed to be a Tahsil for purposes of this Act.

With effect from the date of commencement of this Act- (a) all references to a Deputy Commissioner in any other law or in any rule, regulation, order or notification having the force of law, shall, for all purposes whatsoever whether relating to revenue administration or not, be read and construed as references to the Collector of the district within the local limits of which the area within the local jurisdiction of the Deputy Commissioner is situate; (b) the laws specified in the second column of the Schedule shall stand repealed to the extent specified in the third column thereof: (c) save as otherwise provided in this Act any other law or any rule, regulation, order or notification having the force of law corresponding to any of the provisions of this Act or repugnant thereto shall stand repealed; and (d) save as otherwise provided in this Act all units of revenue administration by whatever name locally known before the said date shall cease to be such units.

SI. No. Number and year Short title Extent of repeal 1 21 of 1836 Bengal Districts Act, 1836 The whole 2 Bengal Act 4 of 1864 Bengal Districts Act, 1864 Ditto 3 Madras Act 1 of 1865 Madras Districts Limits Act, 1865 Ditto 4 18 of 1881 Central Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1881 Section 14 5 Central Provinces Act 2 of 1917 Central Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1917 Section 6 6 .. Administration of Orissa States Order, 1948 Paragraph 3 7 .. Administration of Mayurbhanj State Order, 1949 Paragraph 4