The Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Act, 1972

9 ^ I ’t s tW W * — Registered No.A —12 W5PEF SPM-i 3wS Th e Assam Gazet te •$F?=rfs=(t=i{®i EXT RAO RDINAR Y g r i f t 's PUBLISHED BY AU TH OR ITY *K ^^3 f*pV, WHtH , 5,0 5>S>T=S. UH, A5 ^tfSH, 5kfe8 No.121 Sh illon g, Frida y, Octo be r 13, 1972, 21st Asv ina, ■ 1894 (S .E .) GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ORD ERS BY THE GOVERNOR LAW DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATIONS The 12th Oc tob er 1972 No.LJL.157/72/7 .—Th e following Act of the Assam Legis lative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor is he reby published for gen era l infornaatiftn. ASSAM AC T XX IV OF 1972 (R eceiv ed th e as se nt o f the Gov ernor on th e 10th Octob er, 1972) TH E ASSAM FI XATI ON OF CE ILIN G ON LAND HO LD INGS (AM ENDM ENT) ACT, 1972 [Published in the Assam Gazette, Ex tra ordin ary , da ted the 13th Octobe r, 1972] An Act fu rt he r to am en d the Ass am Fix ation o f Ce lling on Lan d Holdi ng s Act, 1956 Pream ble Whereas it is expe dien t fur the r to amend the Assam Fixa tion of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, Assam Act I 1956, her ein after called the principal A c t/ in the of 1957 ma nner here inaf ter appearing; 50 88 ' t o 50 Axfehx, JO44 TH E ASSAM GA ZETTE, EX TR AO RD INAR Y, OC T. 13, 1972 It i» hereby enacted in the Tw enty- thi rd Year of the Republic of Ind ia as follows: — Short title, 1 • (1) This Act m ay be called the Assam Fixa tion exte nt and of Gelling on La nd Hold ings (Am endm ent) Act, commence- 1972 . ment. (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. (3) It shall come into force at once. Amend- 2. In Section 1 of the prin cipal Act, in sub-sec- ment of Sec- ti on (2), after the word and punc tua tio n “ Lakhim- 1 of pur,” the word and pun ctuation “ Di brug arh,” shall Iof'l9 5A Ct inserted. 3. In Section 2 o f the princip al Act ,— Amend­ men t of Sec­ tion 2 of Assam Act I of 1957. (1) The existing sub-clauses Nos. (b) and (c) (iii) shall be dele ted and the existing sub-clauses (a), (c) (i), (c) (ii), (c) (iv), (c) (v) and (d) shall be re-num ber­ ed as sub-section (1), (2) (a) , (2) (b) , (2) (c), (2) (d) and (3) respectively. (2) For the re-n umbered sub-clause (2) (b), sub­ stit ute the following: — “ (2) (b). Lan ds exceeding 50 bighas, utili sed for large-scale cult ivat ion of citrus in a compact block by any person before the first day of Jan uar y, 1955”. (3) For the re-num bered sub-clause (2) (c) , sub­ stitute the following:— “ (2) (c). Lan ds held by a mill , a factory, or a workshop , as may be req uir ed for the purposes of the expansion of th e mill 3 fac tory , or work­ shop, or for anc illa ry purposes of the mill, factory, worksho p, such as setting u p of schools, dispensar ies, and road s, bu t not for any oth er purposes” . (4) For the re-num be red sub-c lause (2) (d), sub ­ stitute the following :— r J, <sprhte er, bo sa TH E ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAO RD INA RY , OC T. 13, 1972 1045 “ (2; (d). Lan ds held by a co-opera tive farming society for cul tivation of sugar-cane, only for the pur­ pose of feeding a co-ope rative sugar fac tory ” . (5) Th e explana tion at the end of the section shall be deleted. Am end -. 4. In Se ct ions of the prin cipal Act,— m ea t ot Sec­ tio n S of Assam Act I (1) in Cause (a) , the punc tua tion ( ; ) semi- of 1957. colon at the end shall be sub stituted Toy the pun c­ tua tion ( , ) comma, and ther eaf ter the following shall be inse rted , namely :— “arb ori cul ture, piscicultu re, piggery, anim al husbandry, pou ltry and other allied pursuits ; ” (2) clause (e) sh al l be deleted. (3) in clause (f ) the semi-colon at the end shall be dele ted and the following shall be add ed, namely : — “and also includes land which is or may be uti­ lised for quarryin g stones ; ” (4) in clause fk ) ,— (i) in sub-clause (iii) in between the words ‘village” and “wi thin” the words “o r tow n” shall be inserted. (ii) in the proviso, for the words “ twenty-five” occurring in between the words “of” an d “yea rs” the words “twen ty-one” shall be substitu ted. Amendment 5. In Section 4 of the prin cipal Ac t,-— of Sec tion 4 of Assam Act I of 1957. (1) in sub-section (1),— (a) for the figure “ 75” occurring in between the words “ of” and “ bighas” the figure “ 50” shall be substituted. (b) in the proviso, for the figure “ 30” occur= ring in between the words “ of ” and “ bigh as” , the figure “ 15” shal l be substitu ted. 50 84 ‘ass?? ssnsT̂ g, bo 'SR&hR, bSs>9̂ 1046 THE ASSAM GA ZETTE, EX TR AO RD INAR Y, OC T. 13, 1972 . (2) in sub-section (2) ,— (a) for the words “ this Act” the words “ the Assam Fixa tion of Ceil ing on Land Holdings Assam Act (Amendm ent) Act, 1970” shall be substituted. VIII of 1971. (b) in the Explanat ion ,— (i) in item (v), for the word “ playgrounds” the word “pla ygrou nd” shall be sub stit ute d. (3) in sub-section (5) ,— (a) for the words “ this Act” , the words “ the Assam Act Assam Fixation of C eiling on La nd Hoi -V II I ®f dings (Amendment) Act, 1970” shall be 1971. substituted, (b) the word “ of ” occurring in between the words “such ” and “ lim it” shall be dele led. (4) in sub section (6). for t he words “ this Ac t” wherever they occur the words, “ the Ass am Fixation Assam Act of Ceilii g on Land Holdings (Am endment) Act °' 1970” shall be substituted. ' ' ‘ Amendm ent 6. section 23 of the principal Act, in o q Se<-CAr«m c , a u s e (b)» f o r the figure “ 100” occurring in between Act" I of the woids “of ” an d- “ bigh as” , the figure “50” shah 1957. be substituted. MD. SAA DULLA H, Jo in t Secy, to the Govt, of Assam, Law Dep artm ent .