Assam Land Revenue Re-Assessment Act, 1936

Q: What does Section 2 of Assam Land Revenue Re-Assessment Act, 1936 say?

(i) the terms defined in the Regulation and not defined in this Act, shall have the same meanings as in the Regulation. (ii) "Village" means, subject to any general or special orders of the [State] Government, the Area surveyed and recorded in any survey made by or under the authority of the Government as a distinct and separate village; (iii) "Established Village" means a village where in the opinion of the [State] Government; (a) the cultivated fields and homesteads are permanent, and (b) the

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Part II

7. Bar to application of provisions of Part II to town land.

Section 7

8. General proposals of re-assessment.

Section 8

9. Detailed assessment of estates.

Section 9

10. Bar to enhancement on account of improvements.

Section 10

11. Limitation of demand.

Section 11

12. Graduated enhancement.

Section 12

13. Term of assessment.

Section 13

Part III

14. Applications of provisions of Part III to town land.

Section 14

15. Division of town land into classes.

Section 15

16. Rates of revenue for agricultural land.

Section 16

17. Rates of revenue for land classed as residential sites.

Section 17

18. Rates of revenue See on land classed as trade sites.

Section 18

19. Rates of revenue for temporary settled land.

Section 19

20. Graduated enhancement of revenue on agricultural land and residential sites.

Section 20

21. Term of assessment.

Section 21

Part IV

22. Application of provisions of Part IV to settlement of certain class of land.

Section 22

23. Classification of land.

Section 23

24. Rate report of the Settlement Officer.

Section 24

25. Assessment of revenue on land used as fishery.

Section 25

assam-land-revenue-re-assessment-act-1936-1936.json • 25 Sections • Assam

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            "content": "(i) the terms defined in the Regulation and not defined in this Act, shall have the same meanings as in the Regulation.\n(ii) \"Village\" means, subject to any general or special orders of the [State] Government, the Area surveyed and recorded in any survey made by or under the authority of the Government as a distinct and separate village;\n(iii) \"Established Village\" means a village where in the opinion of the [State] Government;\n(a) the cultivated fields and homesteads are permanent, and\n(b) the area of waste land, settled and assessed as waste or available for settlement is inconsiderable.\n(iv) \"Immature Village\" means a village which is not an established village.\n(v) \"Assessment Group\" means a group of villages or estates which are included by the Settlement Officer, subject to rule, in one set of proposals for assessment;\n(vi) \"Prescribed means prescribed by rules under this Act;\n(vii) \"Rule\" means a rule made under this Act;\n(viii) \"Settlement\" with reference to any local area or class of estates means a special operation carried out in pursuance of a notification under section 18 of the Regulation for the revision of the land revenue demand of that local area or class of estates;\n(ix) \"Major Settlement\" means a settlement of any local area or class of estates extending over not less than 20 square miles;\n(x) \"Last Settlement\" with reference to any local area or class of estates means the last general revision of the land revenue demand of that area or class of estates whether carried out in pursuance of a notification under section 18 of the Regulation or not;\n[(xi) \"Town Land\" means any land within an area declared or deemed to he a municipality or notified area under the Assam Municipal Act, 1923 (Assam Act I of 1923) and any other land which the 1State Government may declare under the Assam land and Revenue Regulation. 1886 (Regulation I of 1886) or under provisions of this Act, to he town land;]\n(xii) \"Special Cultivation\" means cultivation which involves either owing to the nature of the crop or owing to the process of cultivation a much larger expenditure of capital per acre than is incurred by most of the cultivators in the [State] .",
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            "content": "(i) the economic condition of those who live mainly by agriculture,\n(ii) the value of agricultural produce ,\n(iii) the cost of production, and\n(iv) the letting and selling value of land.",
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            "content": "(i) the fertility of the soil,\n(ii) the economic condition of those who live mainly by agriculture,\n(iii) facilities of communication, accessibility to markets, and liability to damage by natural causes or from wild animals.",
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            "content": "(a) in any case in which the enhancement exceeds 25 per cent but does not exceed 100 per cent of the old revenue, it shall be effected gradually by quinquennial increments each not exceeding 25 per cent of the old revenue;\n(b) in any case in which the enhahcement exceeds 100 per cent of the old revenue the case shall be referred to the [State] Government for orders.",
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        "Short Title": "Assam Land Revenue Re-Assessment Act, 1936",
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