Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960 (Act No. V of 1960). Country/Territory Pakistan Territorial subdivision Azad Jammu and Kashmir Document type Legislation Date 1960 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land reform Land tenure Expropriation Land commission Land valuation Offences/penalties Ownership Land-use planning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Abstract This Act, consisting of 35 sections divided into eleven Parts, aims to introduce land reforms in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory covering ownership and tenure of land, and to consolidate and amend the law relating to the grant of proprietary rights to occupancy tenants. The provisions of this Act and any rule or order made thereunder, have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law, or in any order or decree of court or other authority, or in any rule of custom or usage, or any contract, instrument, deed or other document. For carrying out the purposes of this Act, a Commission, to be called the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Commission, shall be constituted. The Act is divided as follows: Constitution of Land Commission & Power to make Rules (Part 2); Restrictions on Ownership and Possession (Part 3); Declaration of Areas, Resumption and Vesting of Excess Land in Government and Compensation Therefore (Part 4); Sale and Utilisation of Resumed Land (Part 5); Abolition of Certain Interests (Part 6); Impartibility and Restrictions on Alienation of Holdings (Part 7); Grant of Proprietary Rights to Occupancy Tenants (Part 8); Miscellaneous (Part 9); Punishment (Part 10); Savings and Repeals (Part 11). Full text English Website law.ajk.gov.pk References - Legislation Implemented by Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Rules, 1960 (Government Order No. 352/60). Legislation | Pakistan | 1960 Keyword: Land reform, Expropriation, Land commission, Land valuation, Offences/penalties, Ownership, Land-use planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Amendment Act 1961 (Act V of 1961). Legislation | Pakistan | 1961 Keyword: Public land, Court/tribunal, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act II of 1963). Legislation | Pakistan | 1963 Keyword: Public land, Court/tribunal, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1966 (Act II of 1966). Legislation | Pakistan | 1966 Keyword: Public land, Court/tribunal, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Land valuation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Amendment Act, 1971 (Act X of 1971). Legislation | Pakistan | 1971 Keyword: Public land, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX