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The Tamil Nadu Public Trusts (Regulation of Administration of Agricultural Lands) Act, 1961

The Tamil Nadu Public Trusts (Regulation of Administration of Agricultural Lands) Act, 1961

Civil196155 sections5 chapters

This Act governs how public trusts in Tamil Nadu manage agricultural land to ensure better land use and productivity. It limits the amount of land a trust can farm personally, capping it at twenty standard acres, and requires any excess land to be leased out to cultivating tenants rather than kept by the trust. The law also manages the relationship between public trusts and their tenants, making sure land possession aligns with specific ceiling limits. By regulating how these lands are handled and who cultivates them, the legislation aims to increase agricultural output and serve the common good of the state.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 3Act to override other laws, contracts, etc,

Chapter II REGULATION OF CULTIVATION OF LANDS HELD BY PUBLIC TRUSTS →

  1. 4Regulation of cultivation of land held by public trust.
  2. 5Ceiling on personal cultivation by public trusts.
  3. 6Land under personal cultivation of public trust in excess of twenty standard acres to be leased out.
  4. 7Possession of land held by cultivating tenant to revert to public trust in certain cases.
  5. 9Furnishing of returns by public trust.
  6. 10Funishing of returns by cultivating tenant.
  7. 11Collection of information.
  8. 12Authorized officer to take action in certain cases
  9. 13Permission to public trust for personal cultivation in certain cases
  10. 14Authorized officer to choose to cultivate land mismanaged by public trusts
  11. 15Special provision in respect of lands already held by co-operative societies.
  12. 16Restriction on the extent of land to be leased out to co-operative farming society.
  13. 17Appeal.
  14. 18Cultivating tenants not to be evicted.
  15. 20Right to restoration of possession
  16. 21Execution of lease
  17. 22Revision by the District Court
  18. 25Fair rent may be paid in cash or in kind
  19. 27Sharing of produce
  20. 28Definitions (contd.)
  21. 29tope
  22. 30transferred territory
  23. 32Revision by the District Court
  24. 33Formation of tenant farming societies
  25. 34Application for registration
  26. 35Registration of tenant farming societies
  27. 36Transfer of possession of land to tenant farming society
  28. 37Consequences of registration
  29. 39Land to continue to vest in the owner thereof
  30. 40Agreement regarding period of membership, sharing of income, etc
  31. 41Liability of the tenant farming society to rent and other dues
  32. 42Admission of new members
  33. 43Heirs deemed to be members of tenant farming society
  34. 44Concessions and facilities for the tenant farming society
  35. 45Act to apply to certain tenant farming societies

Chapter VI PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE →

  1. 46Penalty for failure to furnish return
  2. 47Penalty for furnishing false return or information
  3. 49Penalty for contravention of any lawful order
  4. 50Cognizance of offences

Chapter VII EXEMPTIONS →

  1. 51Exemptions.
  2. 52Power of Government to exempt by notification and to cancel such notification.

Chapter VIII MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 53Act to apply to certain portion of land held by public trust in cases where any interest is reserved in favour of the founder of such trust.
  2. 54Power of Government to issue orders and directions to the authorized officer, etc.
  3. 55Transfer of proceedings from one authorized officer to another.
  4. 56Costs.
  5. 57Indemnity.
  6. 58Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts.
  7. 59Power to make rules.
  8. 60Power to remove difficulties.
  9. 61Rules and orders to be placed before the Legislature.
  10. 62Partial repeal of certain Acts.

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