Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2010

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    "title": "Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2010",
    "short_title": "Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2010",
    "act_number": "(Assam Act No. XXI of 2011)",
    "act_year": 2010,
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    "location": "Assam",
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    "description": "Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2010",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent, application and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definition.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Government\" means the State Government of Assam;\n(b) \"Land\" includes right in or over land, benefits to arise out of land and buildings, structures and other tilings attached to earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to earth and includes standing trees and crops ;\n(c) \"Land belonging to private person\" , means any land belonging to, -\n(i) a private individual; or\n(ii) an evacuee ;\n(d) \"land grabber\" means a person or a group of person who occupy or attempt to occupy with or without the use of force, threat, intimidation and deceit, land over which he or they have no ownership, title or physical possession and includes any person who gives financial aid to any person or group of persons for taking up illegal possession of land over which he or they have no ownership or title and for construction of unauthorized structures thereon, or who abets the doing of any of the above mentioned acts, and also includes the successors-in-interests;\n(e) \"land grabbing\" means every activity of land grabber to occupy or attempting to occupy with or without the use of force, threat, intimidation and deceit, any land (whether belonging to the Government, a Public Sector undertaking, a local authority, a religions or charitable institution or endowment, including a wakf or any other private person) over which he or they have no ownership, title or physical possession, without any lawful entitlement and with a view to illegally taking possession of such land or creating illegal tenancies or lease or licence, agreements or by constructing unauthorized structures thereon for sale or hire or use or occupation of such unauthorized structures and the term \"grabbed land\" shall be construed accordingly;\n(f) \"person\" includes a group or body of persons, an association, a local authority, institution or a religious or charitable institution or endowment whether incorporated or not;\n(g) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(h) \"Special Tribunal\" means a Court of the District and Sessions Judge, having jurisdiction over the area, and includes the Additional District and Sessions Judge;\n(i) \"Special Court\" means a Special Court constituted under section 14 of this Act;\n(j) \"Unauthorized Structures\" means any structure constructed under the Guwahati Municipal Corporation areas without express permission in writing of the Gauhati Municipal Corporation or the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority constituted under the Guwahati Municpal Corporation Act, 1969 (Assam Act No. I of 1973) and the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 1985, (Assam Act No. 20 of 1987) respectively, and elsewhere without the express permission 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 offence 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 purpose connected with sale or allotment; or\n(d) causes or procures or attempts to procure any person to do any of the above mentioned acts shall, on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than two years which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to twenty five thousand rupees.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Offences by Companies.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Company\" means any body corporate and includes a 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. Special Tribunal.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Special Tribunals and their powers and functions.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Special Tribunal to have the powers of the Civil Court and the Court of Session.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Procedure to be followed by Special Tribunal.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Burden of proof.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Transfer of cases.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Appeal.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Constitution of the Special Court.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Special Court to make Regulation.",
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            "content": "(b) The Special Court may cause a public notice of the substance of such regulations for the information of the general public.\n(c) All regulations made by the Special Court under this section shall, as soon as may be after they are made, be laid before the Assam Legislative Assembly while it is in session, for a total period of not less than fourteen days, which may be comprised in one session or two or more successive sessions and shall unless some later date is appointed, take effect from their publication in the Official Gazette subject to such modification or annulments as the Assam Legislative Assembly may, during the said period agree to make, so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Special Court to have the powers of the Civil Court and the Criminal Court.",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Staff of the Special Court.",
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Persons Acting under the Act to be Public Servants.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Protection of persons acting in good faith.",
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Prohibition of Alienation of Grabbed Land.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Functions Under Certain Acts to Continue.",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Power to make rules.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 13th February, 2020 [ass355]",
        "Act Number": "(Assam Act No. XXI of 2011)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2010",
        "Short Title": "Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2010",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}