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The Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act, 1967

The Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act, 1967

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The Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act, 1967 regulates land surveying, boundary determination, and the maintenance of survey marks throughout the Union territory of Puducherry. It applies to property owners, landholders, tenants, and government survey officers within the territory. The law empowers survey officers to conduct land measurements, resolve boundary disputes between neighboring lands, and officially record boundary decisions. Registered landholders are responsible for maintaining survey marks on their properties and covering survey costs. This legislation matters because it provides a legal framework to prevent land conflicts, establish clear property boundaries, maintain official survey records, and ensure public order regarding land ownership rights.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Government to appoint survey officers
  4. 4. Government may direct the survey of land or of any boundary of such land
  5. 5. Notification to be published by survey officers
  6. 6. Survey officer to carry out the survey in the prescribed manner
  7. 7. Cost to be charged to persons interested in the lands surveyed
  8. 8. Power of survey officer to determine and record an undisputed boundary
  9. 9. Power of survey officer to determine and record a disputed boundary
  10. 10. Appeals against orders under section 8 or 9
  11. 11. Completion of demarcation to be notified
  12. 12. Institution of a suit in civil court within three years to establish rights claimed in respect of the boundary of the property surveyed
  13. 13. Registered holders responsible for the maintenance of survey marks
  14. 14. Duties of village officers
  15. 15. Preparation of record of rights.
  16. 16. Publication of the record of rights.
  17. 17. Jurisdiction of civil courts to decide disputes.
  18. 18. Correction of bona fide mistake in register.
  19. 19. Register of mutations.
  20. 20. Penalty for neglect to afford information.
  21. 21. Assistance in preparation of maps.
  22. 22. Certified copies.
  23. 23. Maps and other records open to inspection.
  24. 24. Power to enter upon, examine and clear obstruction on lands
  25. 25. Power to summon witnesses and require production of documents
  26. 26. Reference to arbitration
  27. 27. Registered holder may recover expenses paid by him from the owner of the land, may acquire a charge upon the land to that extent
  28. 28. Power to make rules
  29. 29. Protection of action taken
  30. 30. Power to remove difficulties
  31. 31. Repeal and saving

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