{ "id": 14553, "slug": "andhra-pradesh-land-encroachment-act-1905", "title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905", "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905", "act_number": "Act No. 3 of 1905", "act_year": 1905, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Andhra Pradesh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title and extent:-", "chapter": null, "content": "Object & Reasons 6\nStatement of Objects and Reasons", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "1A", "title": "1A. Definitions:-", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Collector\" means any officer In-charge of a revenue division and includes a Deputy Collector, a Sub-Collector and an Assistant Collector ;\n[(b) \"Deputy Tahsildar\" means the Deputy Tahsildar in independent charge of a taluk or Sub-taluk, the dependent Deputy Tahsildar of a Sub-taluk, or the Headquarters Deputy Tahsildar, in whose jurisdiction the land is situated and includes a Special Deputy Tahsildar.]\n[(c) \"Tahsildar\" means the Tahsildar in whose jurisdiction the land is situate and includes Special Tahsildar.]", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Right of property in public roads, etc., water and lands:-", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) of any zamindar, poligar, mittadar, jagirdars, shrotriemdar or any person claiming through or holding under any of them, or\n(b) of any person paying shist, Kattubadi, jodi, poruppu or quit-rent to any of the aforesaid persons, or\n(c) of any person holding under ryotwari tenure, or in any way subject to the payment of land-revenue direct to Government; or\n(d) of any other registered holder of land in proprietary right, or\n(e) of any other person holding land under grant from the Government otherwise than by way of licence,\nExplanation:-", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Levy of assessment of lands unauthorisedly occupied:-", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) if the land so occupied forms an assessed survey number or part thereof, the full assessment of such number for the whole period, of his occupation or a part thereof proportionate to the area occupied, as the case may be, provided that, for special reasons, the Collector or subject to his control, the Tahsildar or Deputy Tahsildar may impose the full assessment of such number or any lesser sum irrespective of the area occupied.\n(ii) If the land so occupied be unassessed, the assessment on the area occupied calculated for the same period at the rate imposed on lands of a similar quality in the neighbourhood, or at the highest dry or wet rate of the village, as the case may be, or when no such rates exist in such manner as may be prescribed in rules or orders under Section 8 :\nExplanation:-", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Conclusiveness of decision as to amount of assessment:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to penalty, after notice:-", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) if the land be an assessed land, a sum not exceeding five rupees or, when ten times the assessment payable for one year under Section 3 exceeds five rupees, a sum not exceeding ten times, such assessment, provided that no penalty shall ordinarily be imposed in respect of the unauthorised occupation of such land for any period not exceeding one year ;\n(ii) if the land be unassessed, a sum not exceeding ten rupees, or when twenty times the assessment payable for one year under Section 3 exceeds ten rupees, a sum not exceeding twenty times such assessment.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Liability of person unauthorisedly occupying land to summary eviction, forfeiture of crops, etc.:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Prior notice to person in occupation:-", "chapter": null, "content": "[7A. Encroachment by group of persons on Government lands and their eviction:-", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Power to make rules:-", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) regulating the rates of assessment, rent or fee leviable under Section 3 ;\n(b) regulating the imposition of penalties under Section 5 ;\n(c) declaring that any particular land or class of lands which are the property of Government shall not be open to occupation;\n(d) regulating the service of notices under this Act.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Recovery of assessment or penalty levied as arrears of land revenue:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Appeal:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Limitation of appeal:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Document accompanying petition of appeal:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "12A", "title": "12A. Power of Government to call for records and pass orders:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Saving of operation of other laws in force:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Validation of levy of penal assessment before the passing of Act-Saving of pending suits:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "15A", "title": "15A. Certain persons deemed to be in unauthorised occupation of land:-", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Saving of lands claimed by right of escheat or reversion:-", "chapter": null, "content": "Schedule\nSchedule\nForm of Warrant to be issued by the Collector under Section 6 Seal\nForm of Warrant to be issued by the Collector under Section 6 Seal", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "AP165", "Act Number": "Act No. 3 of 1905", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1905", "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Andhra Pradesh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18" }