THE ASSAM LAND REVENUE AND RENT (SURCHARGE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976

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    "title": "THE ASSAM LAND REVENUE AND RENT (SURCHARGE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976",
    "short_title": "The Assam Land Revenue and Rent (Surcharge) (Amendment) Act, 1976",
    "act_number": "2",
    "act_year": 1976,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "1976-03-12",
    "description": "The Assam Land Revenue and Rent (Surcharge) (Amendment) Act, 1976",
    "preamble": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "An\nAct\nfurther to amend the Assam Land Revenue and Rent\n(Surcharge) Act, 1970.\n\nPreamble.—Whereas it is expedient further to amend\nthe Assam Land Revenue and Rent (Surcharge)\nAct, 1970, hereinafter called the principal Act,\nin the manner hereinafter appearing ;\n\nIt is hereby enacted in the Twenty-seventh\nyear of the Republic of India as follows :—",
            "footnote": "Assam Act X of 1970",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Assam\nLand Revenue and Rent (Surcharge) (Amend-\nment) Act, 1976.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) It shall have like extent as the\nprincipal Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2. In section 2 of the principal Act, after\nthe clause (3), the following shall be inserted\nas clauses (4), (5), (6), and (7), namely :—",
            "footnote": "Assam Act X of 1970",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(4)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(4) 'Sub-Deputy Collector' means an\nOfficer appointed with that designation and\nincludes an Assistant Settlement Officer.\"",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(5)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(5) 'Collector' means the Deputy Com-\nmissioner and includes the Additional Deputy\nCommissioner, Subdivisional Officer and Sadar\nSubdivisional Officer within whose jurisdiction\nthe land in question is situated\".",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(6)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(6) 'person' means an individual, a family\nincluding a joint family, a partnership, a Company,\nand a body corporate\".",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(7)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(7) All words and expressions used in\nthis Act and not defined herein shall have the\nsame meaning as is assigned to them in the\nAssam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886, or\nthe Rules framed thereunder.\"",
            "footnote": "Regulation 1 of 1886",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. In section 6 of the principal Act,—",
            "footnote": "Assam Act X of 1970",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(1)",
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            "content": "(1) In sub-section (1), the words \"Sub-Di-\nvisional Officer of a Sub-Division or Sadar\nSub-Divisional Officer, as the case may be\"\nshall be substituted by the word \"Collector.\"",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 100
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) In sub-section (2). the words \"Sub-Di-\r\nvisional Officer\" in between the words \"the\"\r\nand \"passed\" shall be substituted by the word\r\n\"Collector.\"",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 110
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "197602",
        "Act Number": "2",
        "Enactment Date": "1976-03-12",
        "Act Year": "1976",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Land Revenue and Rent (Surcharge) (Amendment) Act, 1976",
        "Department": "Law Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:16"
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