Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS

(1) The Director or the Settlement Officer may either of his own motion or on the application of any person:- (a) if he is satisfied that a bona fide mistake has been made in regard to any decision or proceedings under this Act, make or cause to be made the necessary correction thereon; (b) at any time correct or cause to be corrected any clerical or arithmetical mistake in any such decision or proceeding.

(2) The Collector may, at any time during the currency of the settlement, correct any error in the area or assessment of any Survey number or sub-division due to a mistake of survey or arithmetical miscalculation:

Provided that no arrears of land revenue accruing to the Government or refund thereof to the registered holder shall become payable by reason of such correction.

The Government may, by notification, direct that any power or function exercisable by the Settlement Officer under this Act or the rules made thereunder shall, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions as may be specified in such notification, be exercisable also by such other officer as may be specified in such notification.

25. (1) No suit shall lie in any civil court to set aside or modify any assessment made under this Act.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the decision of any authority or officer under this Act shall be final and no civil court shall have jurisdiction to decide or deal with any question which by or under this Act is required to be decided or dealt with by the authorities or officers under this Act.

26. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Government, the Director, the Settlement Officer, or any other officer empowered by or under this Act for anything which is, in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder.

27. (1) The Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such rules may provide for:-

(a) the manner of holding enquiry under sub-section (2) of section 8.

(b) the terms and conditions subject to which the lands in the holding of the communes shall be registered under section 10;

(c) the language, form and the manner in which the records shall be prepared and such other particulars which the record shall contain under sub-section (2) of section 13;

(d) the manner in which the notification under sub-section (1) of section 14 shall be published;

(e) the particulars to be given while filing the objections under sub-section (2) of section 14;

(f) the manner of conducting enquiry under sub-section (4) of section 14; (g) the manner in which the Register of Rights shall be published under sub-section (1) of section 15;

(h) the particulars to be given in an application under subsection (2) of section 16;

(i) the procedure to be followed by the officer under subsection (3) of section 16;

(j) the fees to be paid for making entries in the approved Register of Rights and the manner in which the report shall be made by the registering authority under section 18.

(k) the form of the Register of Mutations under sub-section (1) of section 19.

(1) the officer by whom and the fees on payment of which certified copies may be granted under section 20; and

(m) any other matter which under this Act is to be, or may be, prescribed.

(3) All rules made under this Act, shall, as soon as may be after they are made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid, or the sessions aforesaid, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

In the Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act, 1967(Act 8 of 1967), Chapter III (sections 15 to 23 both inclusive) shall be deleted.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act all assessment rates in force at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been determined and introduced in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall remain in force until the introduction of assessment rates under this Act and such rates may be introduced at any time after the commencement of this Act.

(1) As from the date of commencement of this Act, all laws in force in the Union territory including the Deliberations dated 13th November, 1910 and 11th December, 1912, the Decree dated 27th June, 1912 and the Arrete dated 21st January, 1910, in so far as they make provisions for matters concerned by this Act, shall stand repealed.

(2) The repeal by sub-section (1) shall not affect:-

(a) the previous operation of any such law or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any such law; or (c) any fine, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any such law; or (d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, fine, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid;

and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such fine, penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this section had not been in force.

(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), anything done or any action taken, including any appointment made, notification, order, instruction or direction issued or any rule or form framed under any such law shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act and shall continue to have effect accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act.

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the Act, the Government may, by general or special order, do anything not inconsistent with such provisions which appear to the Government to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty:

Provided that no such order shall be made under the section after the expiration of two years from the publication of this Act in the Official Gazette.