Bare Act
The Punjab Reclamation of Land Act, 1959
General195913 sections
This Act empowers the state government to reclaim waste and wasteland for agricultural purposes by authorizing the Director of Agriculture to survey and take possession of designated areas for cultivation. After reclamation efforts, the total cost is equitably divided among the land's owners, who are then liable to pay this amount as a charge on the land recoverable via land revenue. The legislation facilitates land improvement by removing legal obstacles to actions taken in good faith, aiming to convert barren land into productive agricultural resources for the benefit of the state.
- 1. Shorr ~itle. extcm and comrnencemcnl
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Inrerpreta~ioii.
- 4. Authori~y to cnrcr upon wasre Lands.
- 5. Declaration of reclaimable area and powers of thc Dirct: tar with rcgud therelo.
- 6. Powcr to usc rnrce elc.
- 7. Delegation of powers.
- 8. Liability of owners for cost of reclamation.
- 9. Recovery of cost.
- 10. Persons acting under the Act to be public servants.
- 11. Bar of suits of legal proceedings.
- 12. Power to make rules.
- 13. Repeal.
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