THE ASSAM LAND AND REVENUE REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

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    "title": "THE ASSAM LAND AND REVENUE REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019",
    "short_title": "The Assam Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2019",
    "act_number": "VIII",
    "act_year": 2019,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "enactment_date": "2019-08-26",
    "description": "The Assam Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2019",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An Act",
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            "content": "further to amend the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Preamble",
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            "content": "Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886, hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulation, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-",
            "footnote": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "This Act may be called the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2019.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "It shall have the like extent as the principal Regulation.",
            "footnote": "Regulation I of 1886",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "It shall come into force at once.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
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            "content": "In the principal Regulation, after Chapter X. the following new Chapter XI shall be inserted, namely :-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "CHAPTER XI - PROTECTION OF LAND OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER XI",
            "content": "CHAPTER XI\nPROTECTION OF LAND OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "172",
            "title": "Section 172",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained in this Regulation, the State Government may adopt such measures as it deems fit for the protection of land belonging to the Religious Institutions which have been in existence for not less than one hundred years.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "172",
            "title": "Explanation to Section 172",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"Religious Institution\" means an institution, the primary purpose of which relates exclusively to religious teaching or worship or advancement of religion irrespective of denomination.",
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            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "173",
            "title": "Section 173",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Regulation or any other Laws, for the time being in force in the State of Assam, no person, who has entered into possession unauthorizedly of any land belonging to or held by any Religious Institution, shall acquire any right or title in that land on the strength of his length of possession over the said land, whether adverse or not.",
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            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "174",
            "title": "Section 174",
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            "content": "The Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-divisional Officer as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the area, shall be competent to carry out the ejectment of unauthorized occupants from the land, belonging to or held by the Religious Institution in the following manner :-",
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        {
            "number": "174",
            "title": "Section 174(a)",
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            "content": "Any person who has entered into possession unauthorizedly of any land allotted to or reserved in favour of the Religious Institutions, such unauthorized person shall be ejected forthwith by the Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-divisional Officer, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the area, on receipt of an application to that effect from the respective Religious Institution;",
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        {
            "number": "174",
            "title": "Section 174(b)",
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            "content": "In respect of unauthorized occupation by any person on any settled land belonging to or held by any Religious Institution, the Religious Institution may apply in writing to the respective Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-divisional Officer, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the area for ejectment of such unauthorized occupants:",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "174",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 174(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that ejectment from such settled land shall be preceded by serving a notice requiring the unauthorized occupants to vacate the land and to remove all buildings or other constructions erected and crops raised over the land within a period of one month from the date of receipt of such notice.",
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            "sort_order": 130
        },
        {
            "number": "175",
            "title": "Section 175",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "201908",
        "Act Number": "VIII",
        "Enactment Date": "2019-08-26",
        "Act Year": "2019",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2019",
        "Department": "Legislative Department ::: Legislative Branch",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:03"
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