Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 12 of 1982)",
    "act_year": 1982,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent, application and commencement:-",
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            "content": "(a) the urbanisable nature of the land, or\n(b) the usefulness or potential usefulness of such land for commercial, industrial, pisiculture or praunculture purposes.\"]\nObject & Reasons 6\nStatement of Objects & Reasons\nThe Statement of Objects and Reasons - Act 16 of 1987",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions:-",
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            "content": "[(a) x x x]\n(b) \"Government\" means the State Government ;\n(c) \"land\" includes rights in or over land, benefits to arise out of land and buildings, structures and other things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;\n[(cc) \"land belonging to a private person\" means any land belonging to,-\n(i) an evacuee;\n(ii) a military personnel, or\n(iii) any other private individual.\n(d) \"land grabber\" means a person or a group of persons who commits land grabbing and includes any person who gives financial aid to any person for taking illegal possession of lands or for construction of unauthorised structures thereon, or who collects or attempts to collect from any occupiers of such lands rent, compensation and other charges by criminal intimidation, or who abets the doing of any of the above mentioned acts; and also includes the successors in interest;\n(e) \"land grabbing\" means every activity of grabbing of any land (whether belonging to the Government, a local authority, a religious or charitable institution or endowment, including a wakf, or any other private person) by a person or group of persons, without any lawful entitlement and with a view to illegally taking possession of such lands, or enter into or create illegal tenancies or lease and licences agreements or any other illegal agreements in respect of such lands, or to construct unauthorised structures thereon for sale or hire, or give such lands to any person on rental or lease and licence basis for construction, or use and occupation, of unauthorised structures; and the term \"to grab land\" shall be construed accordingly;\n(f) \"notification\" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette; and the word \"notified\" shall be constructed accordingly;\n(g) \"person\" includes a group or body of persons, an association, or a religious or charitable institution or endowment, whether incorporated or not;\n(h) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act;\n[(i) \"Schedule\" means a Schedule appended to this Act;\n(i-a) \"Special Court\" means a Special Court constituted under Section7;\n(i-b) \"Special Tribunal\" means a Court of the District Judge having jurisdiction over the area concerned and includes Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad.]\n(j) \"unauthorised structures\" means any structure constructed without express permission in writing of the Municipal Commissioner in any Municipal Corporation or Municipality, and elsewhere of the authority concerned, or except in accordance with any law for the time being in force in the area concerned.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Land Grabbing to be unlawful:-",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Prohibition of land grabbing:-",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Penalty for other offences in connection with land grabbing:-",
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            "content": "(a) sells or allots, or offers or advertises for sale or allotment, or has in his possession for the purpose of sale or allotment any land grabbed ;\n(b) instigates or incites any person to commit land grabbing ;\n(c) uses any land grabbed or causes or permits knowingly to be used for purposes, connected with sale or allotment, or\n(d) causes or procures or attempts to procure any person to do any of above mentioned acts, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Offences by companies:-",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Explanation:\n(a) \"Company\" means any body corporate and includes firm or other association of individuals ; and\n(b) \"director\" in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Constitution of Special Courts:-",
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            "content": "(b) Where the bench comprises of the Chairman, he shall be the Presiding Officer of such a bench and where the bench consists of two members, the Judicial Member shall be the Presiding Officer.\n(c) It shall be competent for the Chairman either suo motu or on a reference made to him to withdraw any case pending before the bench comprising of two members and dispose of the same or to transfer any case from one bench to another bench in the interest of justice.\n(d) Where it is reasonably apprehended that the trial of Civil Liability of a person accused of an offence under this Act, is likely to take considerable time, it shall be competent for the Chairman to entrust the trial of the criminal liability of such offender to another bench in the interest of speedy disposal of the case.\n(e) Where a case under this Act is heard by a bench consisting of two members and the members thereof are divided in opinion, the case with their opinions shall be laid before another judicial member or the Chairman and that member or Chairman, as the case may be after such hearing as he thinks fit, shall deliver his opinion and the decision or order shall follow that opinion.\n(ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 260 or Section 262 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) every offence punishable under this Act shall be tried in a summary way and the provisions of Sections 263 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial.\n(iii) When a person is convicted of an offence of land grabbing attended by criminal force or show of force or by criminal intimidation, and it appears to the Special Court that, by such force or show of force or intimidation the land of any person has been grabbed, the Special Court may if it thinks fit, order that possession of the same be restored to that person after evicting by force, if necessary, any other person who may be in possession of the property.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7A",
            "title": "7A. Special Tribunals and its powers, etc.:-",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Procedure and powers of the Special Courts:-",
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            "content": "[9. Special Court to have the powers of the Civil Court and the Court of Session:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Burden of proof:-",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10A",
            "title": "10A. Staff of the Special Court:-",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Power to try offences:",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Sanction for prosecution of offence under the Act:-",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Persons acting under the Act to be public servants:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Protection of persons acting in good faith:",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Act to override other laws:",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Power to make rules:",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Prohibition of alienation of lands grabbed:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17A",
            "title": "17A. Review:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17B",
            "title": "17B. Guidelines for interpretation of Act:",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "AP168",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 12 of 1982)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1982",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}