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Puducherry Settlement Act, 1970

Puducherry Settlement Act, 1970

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This Act establishes a legal process for settling and reassessing land valuations across the Union territory of Puducherry. It empowers appointed Directors and Settlement Officers to conduct surveys, administer oaths, and determine fair agricultural assessments based on soil conditions, crop yields, and market factors. By allowing the government to review and periodically resettle land classifications, the law ensures that property taxes or rents are adjusted fairly to match current productivity. This framework is essential for maintaining order in land tenure, facilitating fair revenue collection, and resolving disputes between the state and landholders effectively.

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Chapter II OFFICERS, THEIR POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS →

  1. 3Director and Settlement Officers.
  2. 4Power to take evidence on oath, etc.
  3. 5Power to enter upon land.

Chapter III SETTLEMENT AND ASSESSMENT →

  1. 6Settlement and resettlement.
  2. 7Determination of assessment.
  3. 8Manner of making settlement or resettlement.
  4. 9Term of settlement and reduction, suspension or remission of assessment.
  5. 10Registration of porambokes.
  6. 11Liability for payment of assessment to Government.
  7. 12Power to impose additional assessment or levy on trees.

Chapter IV LAND RECORDS →

  1. 13Settlement Register and Register of Rights.
  2. 15Publication of approved Register of Rights and revision of Settlement Register.
  3. 16Modification or inclusion in the approved Register of Rights.
  4. 17Person acquiring by succession, etc., to furnish information.
  5. 18Procedure on acquisition of right through documents registered.
  6. 19Register of mutations.
  7. 20Certified copies.
  8. 21Appeal.

Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 23Correction of mistakes in records.
  2. 24Delegation of powers.
  3. 25Bar of suits in Civil Courts.
  4. 26Protection of action taken in good faith.
  5. 27Power to make rules.
  6. 28Amendment to Act 8 of 1967.
  7. 29Certain assessments to continue.
  8. 30Repeal and savings.
  9. 31Power to remove difficulty.

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