The Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Rights) Act, 2021 (Punjab Act No. 8 of 2021)

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th May, 2026 5.0. 2263(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 1 i 5h of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (3 1966). the Central Government hereby extends the Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Righjis) Acl.Zgflzlln(PunmjnbcLAcl हे पथ 2021), as in force in the State of Punjab, to the Union territory of Chandigarh fr. i ificati iy 3 the dat s i i the Official Gazette, subject to the following modifications, namely: - ¥ o e eion it (1) This Act may be mlllAed the Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Rights) Act, 2021 (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 2026, (2) In the Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Rights) Act. 2021 so extended to the Union Temitory of Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), save as otherwise expressly provided hereunder: - (1) for the words "State", "Punjab”, “State of Punjab”, “whole of the State of Punjab™ wherever they occur, the words "Union Territory of Chandigarh” shall be substituted; (i1) for फिट words “State Government”, "Government”. "Government of Punjab" wherever they occur, the words "Administrator” shall be substituted; (1ii) for the words "Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act No. 42 of 1976) or the Punjab Municipal Act. 1911 (Punjab Act No. 3 of 1911)", wherever they occur, the words "Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act. 1994 (Act No. 45 of 1994)" shall be substituted; (iv) for the words "village Committee” wherever they occur, the words *Local Committee™ shall be substituted: (3) In the said Act.— (i) in section 1, after sub-section (3), proviso shall be omitted: (ii) in section 2,— (a) after clause (a). the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— "(aa) "Administrator” means the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution™; (b) inclause (७). for the words and figures "January, 202 1", the words and figures "April, 20257 shall be substituted: e e incl . the words “or State™ sl omitted: ) o ((dc)) :‘nncclauuu: ((h)n for the words “Government of Punjab in फिट Department of Revenue, Rehabili tation i 37 i " ini १” shall be substituted: nd Disaster Management”, the words "Administrator” s} . ) R (e) न clause (k). .1flerthe“ bracket. words आएं figures “(_Punjab Act N o. 9 of 1994)", the words “as extended 10 Union Territory of Chandigarh™ shall be inserted; incl (m). फिट words “or State” shall be omitted: . e m) |'|n" ccln“““: (o). after the bracket, words and figures “(Punjab A‘cl No. XVII of शक गाव s “as exlended‘ to Union Territory of Chandigarh by the Punjab Reorganisation (Adaptation of Laws जा State and Concurrent Subjects) Order 19687 be inserted: 8 THEGAZETTEOFINDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PARTII—SEC. 3(ii)] (i) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) in section 3, in sub-section (2), in clause(iv), for फिट words and figures “123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872", फट words and figures "129 and 130 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023" shall be substituted; in section 5, for the words "in a district, sub-division of a district, municipal area or a village", the words "municipal limits of Chandigarh" shall be substituted; in section 9, in sub-section (2), in clause (व), the words "the panchayat and” shall be omitted: in section 10, the words "Panchayat through the Sarpanch of the village छा” and "as the case may be" shall be omitted; in section 12, in sub-section (3), after the words “under sub-section (2)", the words “or under section 28" shall be inserted: section 18 shall be omitted: section 19 shall be omitted: in section 20, in sub-section (5), the word "Punjabi” wherever occurs, shall be omitted: in section 25, in sub-section (2), for फिट words "State Legislature”, the words "each House of Parliament” shall be substituted: in section 28.— (a) in sub-section (1), for the word "fine”, the word “penalty” shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2). for the word "फिट", पट word “penalty” shall be substituted: (¢) insub-section (3),— (i) for the word फिट”, the word “penalty™ shall be substituted; (ii) for the words and figures "434 of Indian Penal Code, 1860" (Central Act No. 45 of 1860)", the words and figures "326(e) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 20237 shall फैट substituted: (xiii) in section 29, in sub-section (2), in clause (f), for the word "fine", the word “penalty” shall be substituted. {F.No. U-11015/4/2025-UTL] PRAVEEN KUMAR RAL Jt. Secy. PART 1 GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB NOTIFICATION The Ist April, 2021 No. 8-Leg./2021.- The following Act of the Legislature of पीट State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 26th day of March, 2021, is hereby published for general information:- THE PUNJAB ABAD DEH (RECORD OF RIGHTS) ACT, 2021 (Punjab Act No. 8 of 2021) AN ACT to provide for recording and resolving of proprietary rights of abadi deh area in the revenue estates and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS, the abadi dch area in Punjab has remained without recording of rights of the proprietors, preparation of record. or the marking of boundaries by camrying out a survey. This has over the years resulted in disputes about demarcation of boundaries and identification of rights in the dwelling and other areas; besides causing hardship in the effective transfer of rights; WHEREAS, the object of this Act is to identify, record and resolve the existing rights of the proprietors within the abadi deh by a process of ascertaining the person(s) best entitled to be [भाग 11--खण्ड 3(0)] भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण Short title, extent and commencement, Definitions. tecorde_d as proprietor; besides, demarcating, delineating the huundnn_es and areas of each survey unit. It is to create a presumption of truth in the records so prepared. . WHEREAS. the preparation of this record would pm.\'ldc for development of the abadi deh that preserves the 'hc.m:ge of the village to the extent possible, provide and upgrade civic services and environment in villages to integrate them with planned urban development, enhance the land value by improving the lay out and provide a road map for development norms for villages in an easy and simple manner. हि BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy second year of the Republic of India, as follows: - CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY 1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Abadi deh (Record of Rights) Act. 2021. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Punjab. (3) It shall come into force with immediate effect: Provided that it shall come into effect for the abadi deh area falling within the limits of a municipal area on the date as may be notified in this regard. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires. - (a) “Abadi deh " means the site recorded as such in the Record of Rights prepared and maintained under the Revenue Act, which is not assessed to land revenue and includes such land in a municipal area; (b) “Appointed day™ means the first day of Januar y, 2021: (c) “Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer” means a Revenue Officer not below the rank of Nai b-Tehsildar under the Revenue Act or the Executive Offic er of the municipal body notified to perform functions under this हट; (d) “Chief Recording and Resolution Officer” means the Collector of the district under the Revenue Act, notif ied to perform functions under this Act (e) “Commissioner” means the C ommissioner of the division under the Revenue Act, notified to p erform functions under this Act: (f) “Common area” means an ar ea or building within the abadi deh used for any common nee d. convenience or benefit of th e community and includes road s, paths, streets, public parks. drains, public toilets. ponds and tanks, wells, water courses, play grounds, 905 stand or wait ing places, places used for public sittings and gatherings or for any such other purposes used by the inhabitants, and आए vacant site of plot not owned by any perso n: but does not include a buildin g or area which houses an in stitution under the control of the C: entral o r State Government: (g “Financial Commissioner” ~ means the Financial Commissioner, Revenue in the Government notified t o perform पट functions under this Act: _20 THEGAZETTEOFINDIA : EXTRAORDINARY __ [PART ॥ 50 3(ii)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I1-—SEC. 3(ii)] Officers. (h) “Government” means the Government of Punjab पा the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management: (1) “Municipal body™ means a body constituted under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act No. 42 of 1976) or the Punjab Municipal Act. 1911 (Punjab Act No. 3 of 1911); पु) “Notification or notified” means a notification published by the Government in the Official Gazette: (k) “Panchayat™ means a Gram Panchayat constituted under the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (Punjab Act No. 9 of 1994): (1) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) “Proprietary वां डी means the right of ownership recorded in the name of a person, panchayat. municipal body. Central or State Government, juristic person or any other entity but does not include the rights of a tenant, lessee, mortgagee or any other right which does not confer ownership: (n) “Recording and Resolution Officer” means a revenue officer not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate notified to perform functions under this Act; (0) “Revenue Act” means the Punjab Land Revenuve Act, 1887 (Punjab Act No. XVII of 1887); (p) “Revenue Officer” means a revenue officer exercising the powers under the Revenue Act; (q) “Survey Officer” means an officer appointed by पीट Government to act and perform functions under this Act: (r) “Survey unit™ means the area within the abadi deh. to which a survey number is assigned under this Act; (5) “Village Committee™ means the committee nominated in the village or municipal area, as the case may be, by पीट Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer. with its composition 35 prescribed to identify the ownership of survey units and common areas set apart for common purposes within the abadi ली; and (t) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined herein, have the meanings assigned 10 them under the Revenue ८1, CHAPTER I OFFICERS AND POWERS 3. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, there shall be the following officers notified to perform the funct powers under this Act, namely: - tions and exercise (a) Financial Commissioner: (b) Commissioner; (¢) Chief Recording and Resolution Officer; (d) Recording and Resolution Officer; (९) Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer: and (D) Survey Officer, (2) Subject to the provision of this Act, the officers mentioned in clauses (७), (c). (d) and (e) of sub-section (1) shall have, for पीट purposes of discharging their functions under this Act, the same Ppowers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters, namely: - [भाग खण्ड ) भारत का राजपत्र: असाधारण 2 21 (i) the summoning आएं enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him; (ii) requiring फिट discovery and production of documents; (iii) receiving evidence on affidavit; (iv) subject 10 the provisions of sections 123 and 124 of फिट Indian Evidence Act, 1872, requisitioning any public record or document or copy of such record or document from any office: and (v) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents. 4. (1) The superintendence and control over all officers in their Superintendence administrative functioning under this Act shall vest in the and control of Financial Comumissioner, and all such officers shall be Officers. subordinate to him. (2) Subject to the superintendence and control of the Financial Commissioner, the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer shall control all other officers under this तट, in his district. (3) Subject as aforesaid and to the control of the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer, the Recording and Resolution Officer shall control all other officers under this Act, in his sub-division. CHAPTER हा SURVEY, MAPPING AND IDENTIFICATION Identification of 5. The Government may, by notification, specify any aba di deh abadi deh area. in 3 district, sub-division of a district, municipal area or a village मड an area for the purpose of identifying. recording and resolvi ng the rights in each survey unit. 6. (1) The Government shall appoint a Survey Office r for each area notified under section 5 to conduct a survey in th e manner as may be prescribed. (2) The Government, upon notifying areas of which th e standing record of rights within an abadi deh is to be prepare d. shall itself or through a notified agency get a survey conducted and mapping done of such area to determine the boundary of the abadi deh. define the area आएं dimensions of each survey unit. and assign a unique survey number to each such unit. Survey and mapping. (3) The survey reports and maps prepared of the area shall be ed to the Assistant Recording and Resolution O fficer for submitt nding record of rights in the the purpose of preparing the sta survey units. CHAPTER IV STANDING RECORD OF RIGHTS AND ITS MAKING 7. There shall be a standing record of rig hts for each abadi deh area, which shall comprise the following, n amely: - Standing record of rights (i) the record of proprietary rights of ea ch survey unit prepared under this Chapter: हो) the survey reports and maps prepare d under Chapter 111 with dimensions; (iii) the record of proceedings of th e meetings of the village committee; and (iv) such other document as may be prescribed or notified. /Z/———LZ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART 11—SEC. 3(ii) Inquiry by the Assistant Recording and Resalution Officer Preparation of standing record of rights. 8. (1) The Assistant Recording a nd Resolution Officer, on his being designated as such. shall constit ute # village committee for identifying the proprietary rights of th e proprietors in the survey units. (2) The Assistant Recording and Resol ution Officer. in respect of the ubadi deh of which the standing record of rights is to be prepared, shall inform the inhabitants of the area, in the manner prescribed, about फिट proposal to pre pare such record for each of the survey unit. 9. (1) The Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer, पीटा deliberations and consultations with th e village committee and hearing the parties interested, shall, in 8 summary manner, and as may be prescribed, record the propose d entries of proprietors and their proprietary rights and of the boun daries of the survey unitin the standing record of rights, as on the appointed day. (2) The entry of proprictor and his or it s proprietary rights shall be recorded by the Assistant Recordin g and Resolution Officer in the name of — (i) the owner of the built up dwelling a nd residential areas including its open or enclosed court ya rds, other vacant land and plots of owners not being a common area. shops and other establishments: (ii) the panchayat and the municipal bod y for the common area. vacant land or plot not owned by any person: and (iii) the Central, State Government, jurist ic person or other entity in respect of पीट land or institutions own ed by it. (3) In the conduct of exercise under sub-sect ions (1) and (2) if a survey unit is found to be sub-divided, which escaped the attention of the Survey Officer, the Assist ant Recording and Resolution Officer shall assign a unique n umber 10 each such survey unit. 10. The survey map prepared by the Survey O fficer under section 6 and the record of entries of proprietors in 3 survey unit prepared under section 9, shall be displayed at a cons picuous place in the village and a copy thereof supplied to the Pa nchayat through the Sarpanch of the village or the Chief Executi ve of the municipal body. as the case may be. in the manner, as may be prescribed. 11. (1) A person aggrieved by the demarcation of a ny boundary in the survey record, or an entry regarding फ ीट proprietary rights in the standing record of rights in a surve y unit, may, within ninety days from the date of display of record under section 10, file objections about फिट correctness thereof before the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer. (2) The Assistant Recording and Resolution O fficer after hearing the parties and perusing the record, if any, sh all make necessary correction of the boundaries in the survey ma p, and ascertain the person best entitled to be recorded as the prop rietor in the survey unit, and within sixty days of the expiry of the perio d under sub- section (1), pass an order in this regard by record ing reasons. Explanation. - The recording of the proprietary right s of a person in 3 survey unit shall not be conclusive proof o f ownership and shall be subject to corrections and alterations in appeal or revision under this Act as also the rights so determined by ajudgment and order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Display of record. Raising of objections and decision. [भाग ।॥--खण्ड C1) भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण सन भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण 23 Appeals. Review (3) An entry recorded in the standing record of rights under section 9, if no objection s filed within the period provided under sub-section (1), shall be treated as final. (4) The Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer shall thereafter in the manner prescribed. publish the record as finalized, which shall incorporate an order that may be passed under sub-section (2). (5) The standing record of rights finalized by पीट Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer shall be amended or modified in the event of an order passed under sub-section (4) is set aside, modified or reversed in appeal, review or revision. CHAPTER V APPEAL, REVIEW AND REVISION 12. (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer under section 11 may. within thirty days of the passing of such order. file an appeal before the Recording and Resolution Officer. (2) The Recording and Resolution Officer after hearing the parties interested and likely to be affected either accept the appeal or dismiss the same by passing a reasoned order. (3) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by पीट Recording and Resolution Officer under sub-section (2) may. within thirty days of the passing of such order, appeal to the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer, who shall after hearing the parties interested and likely to be affected either accept the appeal or dismiss the same by passing a reasoned order. (4) Appeals under sub-sections (2) and (3) shall फिट decided by the Recording and Resolution Officer and the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer, as the case may 0९, within sixty days from the date the respondent puls in appearance after nolice or is proceeded against ex-parte unless for reasons to be recorded in writing it is directed otherwise. (5) An appellate authority shall not remand a case except where it is established from फिट record that an adverse order has been passed against a necessary party who was not duly served. 13. The Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer, the Recording and Resolution Officer and the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer. may within sixty days of the order sought to be reviewed either on their own motion or on the application of a party interested. after notice 10 the party likely to be affected and giving reasonable hearing, review, and on so reviewing. modify, reverse or confirm any order passed by himself or his predecessor in office: Provided that - (1) when an Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer finds it necessary to review any order, he shall first obtain the sanction of the Recording and Resolution Officer; हों) when a Recording आएं Resolution Officer finds it necessary to review any order, he shall first obtain the sanction of the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer; (iii) when a Chief Recording and Resolution Officer finds it necessary to review any order, he shall first obtain the sanction of the Commissioner; //H THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY PART [1—SEC. 3(ii) Transfer of record to the District Collector. Application of Chapter IV of Revenue Act. Partition of survey units. Disputes as to partition Summoning. (iv) when any such order is modified or re versed on review by the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer. पीट Recording and Resolution Officer. an appeal shall lie against t he order of the Assistant Recording आएं Resolution Officer to the th-o rdmg and Resolution Officer, and from the order of the Recor ding n(nd Resolution Officer to the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer. and the order on such appeal shall be final; (v) an order against which an appeal or revision has been preferred shall not be reviewed: and (vi) an appeal shall not lie from an order refusing or granting permission to review or confirming on review a previous order. 14. The Commissioner may. on था application of an aggrieved party, within sixty days of an order being passed. call for and examine the records relating to any order passed or proceedings taken under this Act for the purpose of satisfying himself as to पीट legality or propriety of such order or proceedings and after hearing the affected parties, may pass such order in relation thereto as he may deem fit and modify. reverse or confirm any order passed under this Act. 15. An order of an officer passed under this Act shall be subject 10 a decree or order which may be passed by a court of competent Jjurisdiction, CHAPTER VI TRANSFER OF RECORD 16. After preparation आएं finalization of the standing record of rights of पीर ubadi deh area, it shall be attested by पीट Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer and transferred to the District Collector for maintaining and revising it under फिट Revenue Act. 17. The provisions of Chapter IV of the Revenue Act after transfer of the record under section 16 shall apply mutatis mutandis to such record. CHAPTER VII PARTITION 18. A partition of survey units comprised in abadi deh may be allowed by a Revenue Officer after the standing record-of- rights has been transferred, and only if the partition has been affirmed by all interested parties with a map showing the proposed partition signed by all persons having proprietary rights: Prlo\ided that the Revenue Officer after examining such of the coproprietors of the survey unit and other persons may. if he is of फट opinion that the survey unit is impartible or the partition is impractical and there is good and sufficient cause why partition should be disallowed, refuse to partition the survey unit by recording the grounds of his refusal. 19. An application for पीट partition of a survey unit, i 1 unit, in the event of a dispute, shall not lie before the Revenue पी कद ! fficer and the aggrieved may approach the civil court for partition. i CHAPTER पा MISCELLANEOUS 20. (1) A summons issued b an offi i 5 shall be served- Yy an officer appointed under this Act Revision by Commissioner. Decree or order of the court. आग 0 L2 O न . i . कक भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण 25 Presumption in favour of entries in the standing record of nghts (i) personally. on the person to whom it is addressed . or failing him; हो) his recognized agent: or (iiii) an adult member of his family usually residing w ith him (2) A summons may also be served by pasting a cop y thereof at the usual or last known place of residence of the pers on to whom itis addressed. (3) A summons may. if an officer appointed under this Act so directs, be served on the person named therein, eithe r in addition 16, or in substitution for, any other mode of service. by forwarding the summons by post in a letter addressed to पीर person and registered under Chapter V1 of the Indian Post Offic e Act. 1898 (Central Act VI of 1898), or sent through a reputed co uner agency notified by the Government in this regard. (4) When a summons is so forwarded in a letter, and it is proved that the letter was properly addressed and duly posted a nd registered, the officer appointed under this Act may pres ume that the summons was served at the time when receipt of its delive ry is furnished: Provided that in case of a letter sent through registered post. its delivery may be presumed after thirty days if it is not receiv ed back undelivered within this period. (5) A summons may also be served on the person named therein by publication of the contents thereof in a daily Punjabi newspaper having wide circulation: Provided that if the summons relates to a case in which persons having the same interest are so numerous that personal service on all of them is not reasonably practicable, it may, in the first instance and if the officer appointed under this Act so directs, be served by delivery of a copy thereof to such of those persons as the officer appointed under this Act nominates in this behalf, and by publication of the contents thereof in a daily Punjabi newspaper having wide circulation, for the information of the other persons interested. (6) The summons may also be served through Short Message Service, email, or through other electronic modes at the phone number or e-mail address otherwise known or made known, to the officer appointed under this Act: Provided that if service is effected through any of पीर above modes, a printout of the delivery of summons shall be placed on the record. (7) A notice, order of proclamation or copy of any such document, issued by an officer under this Act for service on any person shall be served in the manner provided in this section for the service of a summons. (है) Any of the modes of service provided in sub-sections (2), (3, (5) or (6) may be adopted simultancously in addition to the mode of service provided in sub-section (1). 21. Any entry made in a standing record-of-rights in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be presumed to be true until the contrary is proved or a new entry is lawfully substituted therefor. _——_—_—__[__]_26 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY PART Il—SEC. 3(ii) Suit for declaratory decree by persons aggrieved by an entry in a record. Correction of clerical errors Protection of action taken in good faith Power to remove difficulties. Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts 22. ॥ any person considers himself aggrieved as to any right of which he is in possession by an entry in a standing record-of- rights, he may institute a suit for a declaration of his right under Chapter VI of the Specific Relief Act. 1963(Central Act No. 47 of 1963). 23. The clerical or arithmetical mistakes in any order passed by any officer under this Act may. at any time be corrected by the authority concemed either of its own motion or on the application of any of the parties आएं an intimation of such correction shall be made 10 the parties free of any charges and also to the concerned officer for its implementation. 24. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any officer under this Act or any official acting under पीट directions of such officer, for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder. 25. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may. by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provision, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of aperiod of two years from the date of commencement of this Act. (2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be, after it is made, be laid before फिट State Legislature. 26. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no ¢ivil court shall entertain any suit instituted or application made to obtain a decision or order in respect of any matter which पीट Government or any officer is by this Act empowered to determine or dispose of. 27. The officers under this Act and any person acting under their orders may. in the discharge of any duty under this Act. enter upon and survey land in the manner prescribed. put and erect survey marks thereon and demarcate the boundaries thereof and do all other such acts necessary for फिट proper performance of that duty 28. (1) If any person willfully destroys, dismantles or without lawful authority removes a survey or demarcation mark lawfully erected or put, फिट may be ordered by the Recording and Resolution Officer to pay such fine not exceeding rupees one thousand for each mark so destroyed, dismantled or removed, as may, in the opinion of that officer. be necessary to defray the expenses of restoring the same and rewarding the person. if any., who gave information of the destruction. dismantling or removal. (2) The amount of fine levied under sub-section (1), if not paid in the manner prescribed, shall be recoverable 35 arrears of land revenue under the Revenue Act. (3) The imposition of a fine under this section shall not bar a prosecution under section 434 of फट Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860): or prosecution of the offender und er any other law णि the time being in force. 29. (1) The Government may. by notification, in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Powers of officers to enter upon land. dwelling and habitation areas, survey units for the purposes of survey and demarcation Penalty for destruction, dismantling or removal of survey marks and demarcation Power of the Government to make rules. [भाग 11-- खण्ड 3(ii)] भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for all or आए of the following matters under this Act, namely: - (a) the composition and members of the village committee; (b) the appointment or nomination of officers under this Act for carrying out its intent and purpose; (c) the documents to be comprised in the standing record of rights; (d) the manner in which the standing records of rights is to be prepared, displayed and published: (e) the procedure for the transfer of the standing records-of-rights prepared under this Act to the revenue authorities under the Revenue Act; (0 the procedure for the imposition and deposit of fine imposed by the Recording and Resolution Officer for willfully destroying. dismantling or without lawful authority removing a survey demarcation mark; (g) the forms for the service of summons, display, publication, preparation and maintenance of records under this Act; (h) the manner in which boundaries of all or आए survey unit are 10 be demarcated and the survey marks to be erected thereon; (i) for issuing of copies and certified copies. including digitized copies of record, order and documents prepared and maintained under this Act and the rules made thereunder; and (j) any other matter for giving effect to the provisions of this Act, or may be prescribed under this Act. 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