THE ASSAM LAND-REVENUE, RENT AND CESS (APPORTIONMENT) ACT, 1950

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    "title": "THE ASSAM LAND-REVENUE, RENT AND CESS (APPORTIONMENT) ACT, 1950",
    "short_title": "The Assam Land-Revenue, Rent and Cess (Apportionment) Act, 1950",
    "act_number": "14",
    "act_year": 1950,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Assam Land-Revenue, Rent and Cess (Apportionment) Act, 1950",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "An Act to apportion and fix the land-revenues, rents and cesses in respect of the portions situated within the State of Assam of certain estates, tenures and holdings\nPreamble. Whereas certain estates, tenures and holdings in the State of Assam as it existed before the date on which the award came into force are comprised of the lands situated, after the said date, partly in the State of Assam in the Union of India and partly in the Province of East Bengal in the Dominion of Pakistan;\nAnd whereas it is expedient to apportion and fix the land-revenues or rents, as the case may be, and the cesses payable in respect of the portions situated in the State of Assam, of the common estates, tenures or holdings;\nIt is hereby enacted as follows :-",
            "footnote": "For Statement of Objects and Reasons see \"Assam Gazette, Extraordinary\", March 2, 1950, page 92.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Assam Land-Revenue, Rent and Cess (Apportionment) Act, 1950.",
            "footnote": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Assam.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.",
            "footnote": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions",
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            "content": "2. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-",
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            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) \"award\" means the award of the Boundary Commission referred to in section 3 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(2)",
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            "content": "(2) \"cess\" includes the local rates levied under the Assam Local Rates Regulation, 1876;",
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            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(3)",
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            "content": "(3) the expression \"common estates, tenures or holdings\" means estates, tenures or holdings which are comprised of lands situated after the date on which the award came into force, partly in the State of Assam in the Union of India and partly in the Province of East Bengal in the Dominion of Pakistan;",
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            "is_definition": true,
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(4)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(4) \"land-revenue\" includes any rent payable in respect of any common estate;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(5)",
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            "content": "(5) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under this Act and",
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            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(6)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(6) \"Revenue Officer\" includes any officer whom the State Government may appoint to discharge any of the functions of a Revenue Officer under this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Power to order preparation of record of lands in common estates, tenures and holdings",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. Power to order preparation of record of lands in common estates, tenures and holdings. The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make an order directing that a record be prepared in such manner and containing such particulars as may be prescribed of all lands in Assam forming parts of the common estates, tenures or holdings.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Preparation of record",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "4. Preparation of record. When an order has been made for the preparation of a record under section 3, the Revenue Officer shall prepare such record accordingly containing, in addition to the particulars referred to in section 3, the amounts of land-revenues or rents, as the case may be, and of cesses payable in respect of the portions included in Assam of the common estates, tenures or holdings, to be determined by the Revenue Officer in such manner and in accordance which such principles as may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Preliminary publication of record",
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            "content": "5. Preliminary publication of record. When a record has been prepared under section 4, the Revenue Officer shall cause a draft of it to be published in such manner and for such period as may be prescribed and shall receive, during the period of publication of the record, any objection made in regard to any entry therein or omission therefrom relating to the apportionment of land-revenues, rents or cesses.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6. Final disposal of objections and confirmation and final publication of record",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "6. Final disposal of objections and confirmation and final publication of record.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6(1)",
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            "content": "(1) After the expiry of the period of publication of the record under section 5, the Revenue Officer shall submit the record to the Revenue Authority prescribed with a summary of the objections, if any, which he has received and his report thereon.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6(2)",
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            "content": "(2) Such authority shall finally dispose of the objections submitted to it under sub-section (1) according to such rules as the State Government may make ard may confirm the record with or without amendment:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 6(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that no entry shall be amended or omission supplied unless notice has been given to the parties concerned for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed to appear and be heard in the matter.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6(3)",
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            "content": "(3) After confirmation by such authority the Revenue Officer shall cause the record to be finally published in the manner prescribed and such publication shall be conclusive evidence that the record has been duly prepared under this Act",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7. Appeal and saving",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "7. Appeal and saving.-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(1)",
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            "content": "(1) Any person who is aggrieved by any entry in, or omission from, the record finally published under section 6 in so far as such record relates to the apportionment and fixation of rents or cesses in respect of tenures or holdings, may appeal to the superior Revenue authority prescribed in such manner and within such period as may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 210
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no Court shall have any jurisdiction in respect of any issue arising out of the proceedings under this Act for the apportionment and fixation of land-revenues, rents or cesses or shall annul or alter any decision of a Revenue Officer or a Revenue authority under this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 220
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8. Correction of record",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "8. Correction of record. The Revenue Officer may, at any time, either of his own motion or on application, and after giving notice to the parties concerned for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed to appear and be heard in the matter, correct any arithmetical or clerical mistake in the record finally published under section 6 or any error arising therein from any accidental slip or omission and shall make such alterations therein as may be necessary to give effect to any decision on appeal under sub-section (1) of section 7.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 230
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9. Commencement and effect of the record",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "9. Commencement and effect of the record. On the final publication of the record under section 6-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 240
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the apportionment and fixation, thereunder of land-revenues or rents, as the case may be, and of cases in respect of the portions situated in Assam of the common estates, tenures or holdings shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any contract, be deemed to have come into force and the common estates, tenures or holdings, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been and to be partitioned accordingly, on and from the date on which the award came into force (hereinafter referred to as the said date), and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 250
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) all laws for the time being in force relating to the creation or settlement of estates, tenures or holdings or to the recovery of land-revenues, rents or cesses in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been and to be applicable mutatis mutandis to such partitioned estates, tenures or holdings on and from the said date.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 260
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "Section 10. Protection of Action taken under the Act",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "10. Protection of Action taken under the Act.-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 270
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "Section 10(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any order made thereunder.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 280
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "Section 10(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against the State Government for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any order made thereunder.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 290
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11. Powers to make rules",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "11. Powers to make rules.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 300
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) The State Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 310
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the manner of preparing a record and the particulars to be contained therein referred to in section 3:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 330
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) the manner of, and the principles for, determining the amounts of land-revenues, rents and cesses referred to in section 4;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 340
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) the manner and period of publication of a draft record referred to in section 5;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 350
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)(d)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(d) the Revenue authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 6, and the disposal of objections under sub-section (2) and the manner of final publication of a record under sub-section (3) of that section;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 360
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)(e)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(e) the period of, and the manner of, giving notice referred to in the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 6 and in section 8; and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 370
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)(f)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(f) the superior Revenue authority referred to in sub-section ( ) of section 7, the manner of presentation of appeals to such authority and the period within which such appeals shall be presented under the said sub-section.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "195014",
        "Act Number": "14",
        "Enactment Date": "1950-04-12",
        "Act Year": "1950",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Land-Revenue, Rent and Cess (Apportionment) Act, 1950",
        "Department": "State Legislature of Assam",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:03"
}