Giving of the land to landless worker

(1) No person shall unless entitled or authorised so to do, by law or by an instrument or by order executed or issued by a competent authority under law, enter into the possession of any land vested or deemed to have been vested in a Panchayat under this Act or having lawfully entered into possession of such land ; unlawfully remain in possession thereof, on or after the expiry of the term of such lawful possession, if any. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, notwithstanding any thing contained in any other law, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to Rs. 1,000 or with both. (3) Any person who abets an offence punishable under this Act, shall be punished with the punishment provided for the offence. (4) Notwithstanding, anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, an offence under this Act, shall be cognigable. (1) The terms and conditions on which the land under Section 5-A may be gifted shall be as under: (a) the donee shall not sell, mortgage or dispose of the land in any other manner, whatsoever before the expiry of a period of twenty years from the date of the housing board gift; Provided that donee may mortgage the land with any Schedule Bank or the Government for the purpose of raising loan for the construction of the house (b) the donee shall construct a house on the land within a period of two years from the date of the gift; (c) the donee shall use the land for residential purposes and for no other purpose; and (d) in case of death of the donee, his legal heirs shall be bound by the conditions therein contained. (2) In case of breach of any of the terms and conditions specified in sub-rule (1) the panchayat shall, after affording a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the donee, cancel the gift and resume the gifted land. In such event, the donee shall not be entitled to any compensation in respect of any development or construction made by him on such land. A Panchayat may, with the previous approval of the Government, give land in shamilat deh free of cost, to a landless worker residing in the Sabha area for construction of a house for his residence; Provided that the landless worker to whom such land is given, shall not be entitled to sell, exchange or mortgage it except mortgaging it for the purposes of raising loan to construct a house on it