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Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1966 (Act II of 1966).

Country/Territory
Pakistan
Territorial subdivision
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Document type
Legislation
Date
1966
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Public land Court/tribunal Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Land valuation
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. Amendments deal with section 25 and 35 A.K. Act V of 1960 stating as follows: in sub-section (1), for the figures, letters, words and comma '4th day of September, 1954' the words 'coming into force of this Act' shall be substituted and shall be deemed always to have been so substituted. Amendment of section 35 A.K., after the word 'Act' at the end, the words, figures, letters and comma 'and shall be deemed to have been so repealed on the 4th day of September, 1954' shall be added and shall be deemed always to have been so added. Any occupancy right acquired or created after the 4th day of September, 1954, and before the coming into force of the said Act by any means whatever, the acquisition or creation of which would have been valid but for the operation of section 2 of the Azad Kashmir Grant of Proprietary Rights Act of 1954 and sub-section (1) of section 25 of the said Act, shall be deemed to have been lawfully acquired or created and shall not be invalid, or otherwise inoperative merely on the ground that they were acquired or created in contravention of the provisions of the Azad Kashmir Grant of Proprietary Rights Act of 1954 or the said Act.

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