Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Land Act, 1955

Civil195547 sections

This Act regulates tenancies and landholdings in the former PEPSU area of Punjab. It fixes the permissible limit of land a person can hold, lets landowners reserve land for personal cultivation, and gives certain tenants security of tenure. It caps the rent tenants pay, requires receipts, and bars recovering excess rent.

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  1. 1. Short title, commencement and duration
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Permissible limit
  4. 4. Act to override other laws
  5. 5. Reservation of land for personal cultivation
  6. 6. Land reserved for personal cultivation to be notified
  7. 7. Termination of tenancy
  8. 8. Security of tenure to certain tenants
  9. 9. Maximum amount of rent payable
  10. 10. Determination of rent
  11. 11. Receipt for rent
  12. 12. Prohibition against recovery of excessive rent
  13. 13. Liability to refund amount unlawfully recovered
  14. 14. Bar on eviction from dwelling-house
  15. 15. Option to tenant to purchase site of dwelling-house
  16. 16. Right of tenant to make improvements on land
  17. 17. Compensation for improvements
  18. 18. Devolution of tenancy on death of tenant
  19. 19. Rights and privileges of tenants under other laws not affected
  20. 20. Definition of tenant
  21. 21. Provided that this definition shall not apply to a tenant who is to be allotted by the State Government land under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 7A.
  22. 22. Acquisition of proprietary rights by tenants
  23. 23. Determination of compensation for acquisition of proprietary rights
  24. 24. Tenant may abandon intention to acquire proprietary rights
  25. 25. Forfeiture of right to acquire proprietary rights
  26. 26. Principles of compensation for acquisition of proprietary rights
  27. 27. Compensation payable in instalments
  28. 28. Payment of compensation to landowner
  29. 29. Recovery of land revenue, etc., from tenants and their rights to set off same against rent
  30. 30. Proprietary rights to devolve on heir
  31. 31. Bar of transfer of ownership rights
  32. 32. Certain transfers not to affect rights of tenants under this Chapter
  33. 39. Appeals and revision
  34. 40. Correction of clerical errors
  35. 41. Officers holding enquiries to have powers of civil courts
  36. 42. Penalty for making false statements
  37. 43. Summary eviction and fine
  38. 44. Certain officers to be public servants
  39. 45. Procedure
  40. 46. Court-fees
  41. 47. Bar of jurisdiction
  42. 48. Protection of action taken under this Act
  43. 49. Mode of recovery of compensation and penalty
  44. 50. Delegation
  45. 51. Exemption of certain lands
  46. 52. Power to make rules
  47. 53. Repeal and saving

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