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Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Amendment Act 1961 (Act V of 1961).

Country/Territory
Pakistan
Territorial subdivision
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Document type
Legislation
Date
1961
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Public land Court/tribunal Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
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 amends the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960. Section 24 of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960, is amended as follows: sub-section (i) "Provided that such a person may alienate his entire holding or sell any part of his holding to persons of the Mirpur District certified by the Deputy Commissioner of that District, to have been displaced on account of the construction of Mangla Dam or sell any part of his holding to other owners of the same village". (ii) sub-section (2) "Provided that he may alienate his entire holding to persons of the Mirpur District certified by the Deputy Commissioner of that District to have been displaced on account of the construction of the Mangla Dam or in the case of a holding equal to or less than a subsistence holding, sell any part of his holding to other owners of the same village.” (iii) sub-section (5) "Nothing in this Section shall apply to land, whether cultivable or otherwise, which is bonafide required for the purpose of building thereon, and any tenant in possession of such land who refuses to quit after notice; may be evicted under the orders of the Deputy Commissioner.

Full text
English
Website
law.ajk.gov.pk

References - Legislation

Amends

Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960 (Act No. V of 1960).

Legislation | Pakistan | 1960

Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Expropriation, Land commission, Land valuation, Offences/penalties, Ownership, Land-use planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX