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Bare Act

The Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953

General195345 sections

This Act gives security of tenure to tenants in Punjab and limits how much land a landowner can hold. Landowners can reserve a limited area for their own cultivation, must file declarations of their holdings, and land above the permissible area is dealt with under the Act. It protects tenancies from ending and limits when tenants can be ejected.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Reservation of land by small landowner
  4. 4. Fresh reservation of land due to modification of allotment
  5. 5. Reservation of land
  6. 5A. Declarations supported by affidavits to be furnished by certain landowners and tenants
  7. 5B. Selection of permissible area and consequences of failure to select
  8. 5C. Penalty for failure to furnish declaration
  9. 6. Certain previous transfers of lands not to affect rights of tenants
  10. 7. Repealed
  11. 8. Continuity of tenancies
  12. 9. Liability of tenants to be ejected
  13. 9A. Accommodation of tenants on surplus area
  14. 10. Restoration of tenant ejected after the 15th of August, 1947
  15. 10A. Surplus area for resettlement of ejected tenants
  16. 10B. Saving by inheritance not to apply after utilisation of surplus area
  17. 11. Tenant’s right to water
  18. 12. Amount of maximum rent
  19. 13. Assessment of charges for services or facilities provided by the land owner
  20. 14. Duty of landowner to furnish receipt for rent received from tenant
  21. 14A. Procedure for ejectment and recovery of arrears of rent etc
  22. 15. Omitted
  23. 16. Saving of tenancies from effect of mala fide transfers
  24. 17. Rights of certain tenants to pre-empt sale etc. of land
  25. 17A. Certain sales of tenancy lands not pre-emptible
  26. 17B. Certain mortgages to be deemed as tenants under the Act
  27. 18. Rights of certain tenants to purchase land
  28. 19. Sections 17 and 18 not to apply to certain property and tenants
  29. 19A. Bar of future acquisition of land in excess of permissible area
  30. 19B. Future acquisition of land by inheritance in excess of permissible area
  31. 19C. Power to cause delivery of possession of surplus area
  32. 19D. Exemption of certain lands
  33. 19E. Land owned by Hindu undivided family to be deemed land of one landowner
  34. 19F. Removal of certain doubts
  35. 20. Restrictions on tenants
  36. 21. Saving of tenants and lessees under Government
  37. 21A. Power to remove difficulties by modification of provisions in certain cases
  38. 22. Procedure for ejectment
  39. 23. Abrogation of pending decrees, orders and notices
  40. 24. Appeal, review and revision
  41. 24A. Power to separate share of landowners in joint lands
  42. 25. Exclusion of Courts and authorities
  43. 26. Indemnity
  44. 27. Power to make rules
  45. 28. Repeal and savings

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