PROPERTY) ACT, 1947
The East Punjab Evacuees (Administration of Property) Act, 1947
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This law was created to manage the property of people who were forced to leave East Punjab during the violent partition of India in 1947. It establishes a government-appointed Custodian who takes legal control of these abandoned homes, businesses, and assets. The goal is to protect these properties from being lost or destroyed and to manage them until the original owners can return or the government can arrange for their rehabilitation. It ensures that assets belonging to displaced people are not simply taken over by others but are instead held in trust by the state for the rightful owners.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Appointment of Custodians
- 4. Vesting of evacuee property in the Custodian
- 5. Payment to Custodian of sums payable to evacuees
- 6. Custodian to take possession of evacuee property
- 7. Inquiry into claims to evacuee property
- 8. Court in revision, the order of the Custodian, [under sub-section (4) or (4-A)] shall be final and conclusive.
- 9. Powers of the Custodian in regard to management
- 10. Maintenance of accounts
- 11. Fees
- 12. Return of property
- 13. Powers of the Custodian holding inquiry
- 14. Power of the Custodian to obtain information
- 15. Other powers of the Custodian
- 16. Certain officers to be public servants
- 17. Orders not to be called in question
- 18. Procedure
- 19. Bar to legal proceedings
- 20. Recovery of arrears
- 21. Records under this Act to be public documents
- 22. Power to make rules
- 23. Repeal of Ordinance No. IV of 1947
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