section 51
Exemption of certain lands
The Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Land Act, 1955Civil195547 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any land from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act if it is of the opinion that such land is held by any industrial organization or educational, charitable or religious institution or other institution of a public nature or is required for any other public purpose which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
- (2) The provisions of section 7, section 7-A and Chapter IV shall not apply to lands leased out by the Punjab State Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank Limited established under the Punjab Co-operative Land Mortgage Banks Act, 1957. 51-A. Exemption of lands granted for gallantry before 26th January, 1950 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where any land is granted for gallantry at any time before the 26th day of January, 1950, to any member of the armed forces, whether maintained by the Central Government or by any Indian State, then, so long as such land or any portion thereof, as the case may be, has not passed from the original grantee into more than three successive hands by inheritance or bequest, and is held by the grantee or any of such hands, such land or portion, as the case may be, shall not be taken into account in computing the surplus area under this Act, nor shall any tenant of such land or portion have the right to purchase it under section 22 : Provided that where such land or portion has passed into more than three such hands and the person holding such land or portion, immediately before the 3rd of August, 1967, is a person to whom it has passed by inheritance or bequest, the exemption under this section shall apply to such land or portion thereof, as the case may be, during the life-time of such person.
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