Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 (Act No. 8 of 1954). Country/Territory India Territorial subdivision Delhi Document type Legislation Date 1954 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for modification of zamindari system so as to create an uniform body of peasant proprietors without intermediaries, for the unification of the Punjab and Agra systems of tenancy laws in force in the State of Delhi and to make provision for other matters connected therewith. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Access right Agricultural land Agricultural development Land-use planning Cooperative/producer organization 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 192 sections divided into seven Chapters and two Schedules, provides for modification of zamindari system so as to create an uniform body of peasant proprietors without intermediaries, for the unification of the Punjab and Agra systems of tenancy laws in force in the State of Delhi. There shall be, for the purposes of this Act, only class of land tenure-holder, that is to say, 'Bhumidhar' and one class of sub-tenure holder, that is to say, 'Asami'. Provided that land is given in exchange to a tenure holder or a sub-tenure holders, as a result of consolidation of holdings. Every person belonging to any of the following class shall have all the rights and be subject to all the related liabilities conferred. The Act is divided as follows: Preliminary (Chap. I); Acquisition of certain rights of Proprietors (Chap. II); Declaration of Bhumidhari rights, compensation and land Revenue (Chap. III); Land Revenue (Chap. IV); Gmn Sabha and Gaon Panchayat (Chap. V); Cooperative Farms (Chap. VI); Miscellaneous (Chap. VII). Full text English Website www.lawsofindia.org