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Azad Kashmir Grant of Proprietary Rights Act of 1954 (Government Order No. 260/54).

Country/Territory
Pakistan
Territorial subdivision
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Document type
Legislation
Date
1954
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Ownership Land tenure Abandoned land/unoccupied land Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Private land
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 aims to regulate the granting of ownership rights to occupancy tenants and to other persons in Azad Kashmir Territory. It establishes that no person shall, after the entering into force of this Act, acquire or have occupancy rights in any land under any enactment or contract or any decree or order of any Court or other authority and the existing occupancy rights in respect of all lands other than land owned by the Government or by any person who under the law for the time being in force is an evacuee shall, on the coming into force of this Act, be extinguished and the land comprised in a tenancy so extinguished shall vest in the occupancy tenants on compensation the landlords, where necessary, in accordance with the rules that may be framed by the Government in this behalf. So long as Government does not frame rules for these purposes an occupancy tenancy shall continue to subsist and the landlord and the occupancy tenant shall continue to enjoy the same rights and be subject to the same liabilities as before.

Full text
English
Website
law.ajk.gov.pk