Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961

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    "title": "Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961",
    "short_title": "Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 12 of 1962)",
    "act_year": 1961,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "[(a) \"appointment day\" means the 9th day of September, 1970;]\n[(aa) \"Tribunal\" means the Bihar Land Reforms Tribunal constituted under section 50 of the Act;]\n[(aaa)] \"ceiling area\" means the area of land fixed under Section 4 as the ceiling area;\n[(b) \"Collector\" includes an Additional Collector or any other officer not below the rank of Sub-Deputy Collector, appointed by the State Government to discharge all or any of the functions of a Collector under this Act;]\n[(c) \"Commissioner\" means Commissioner of Division and includes any officer not below the rank of the Collector of a district appointed by the State Government to discharge all or any of the functions of a Commissioner under the Act;]\n(d) \"Co-operative society\" means a co-operative society registered under the law relating to registration of co-operative societies for the time being in force and a \"co-operative farming society\" means a cooperative society registered as such under such law;\n(e) \"Diara land\" means any land which is subject to diluvion or alluvion on account of any change in the course of a river or which lies between two embankments constructed to control a river and includes any land which may be surveyed as Diara land under the Bengal Survey Act, 1875 (Ben. Act V of 1875), or which after enquiry is declared as such by the Collector;\n[(ee) \"family\" means and includes a person, his or her spouse and minor children;\nExplanation I.\n[Explanation II.\n[(eee) \"minor child\" in relation to a family whose ceiling area is determined under Section 4 with reference to the land held by it on the 9th September, 1970, shall mean \"a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years on that date\" and in respect of future acquisition as contemplated in Section 18 the date on which such acquisition takes place;]\n\"minor child\"\n(f) \"land\" means land which is used or capable of being used for agriculture or horticulture and includes land which is an orchard, Kharhur or pasturage or [forest land or [also the land] perennially submerged under water] or the homestead of land-holder;\n\"land\"\nExplanation I.\n[Explanation II.\n[(g) \"Land holder\" means a family as defined in clause (ee) holding land as raiyat or as under- raiyat or a mortgagee of land in possession of holding land permanently settled by Government or lessee of land not resumable by Government;]\n\"Land holder\"\n(h) \"mental or physical disability\" means mental or physical disability by reason of which the person subject to such disability is incapable of cultivating land by personal labour or supervision;\n\"mental or physical disability\"\n(i) \"personal cultivation\" with its grammatical variations means cultivation by a raiyat himself, or by members of his family or by servants or hired labourers on fixed wages payable in cash or kind but not in crop-share under his personal supervision or the supervision of any member of his family during main agricultural operation;\n\"personal cultivation\"\n(j) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by Rules made under this Act;\n\"prescribed\"\n(k) \"raiyat\" means primarily a person who has acquired a right to hold land for the purpose of cultivating it by himself, or by members of his family or by hired servants or with aid of partners and includes also the successors in-interest or persons who have acquired such a right and includes, in the district of Santhal Parganas' a village head man in respect of his private land, if any, but does not include in the areas to which the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act , 1908 (Ben. Act VI of 1908, applies a Mundari, Khuntkattidar or a Bhuinhar;\n\"raiyat\"\n(l) \"Schedule\" means the Schedule appended to this Act;\n\"Schedule\"\n(m) \"under raiyat\" means a tenant holding whether immediately or mediately under a raiyat; and\n\"under raiyat\"\n(n) all words and expressions used but not defined in this Act, shall have-\n(i) in their application to any area in which the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885) is in force, the same meanings as are assigned to them in that Act;\n(ii) in their application to any area in which the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 (Ben. Act VI of 1908) is in force, the same meaning as are assigned to them in that Act; and\n(iii) in their application to any area in which the Santhal Parganas Tenancy (Supplementary Provisions) Act, 1949 (Bihar Act XIV of 1949) is in force, the same meanings as are assigned to them in that Act.",
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        "Act ID": "Last Updated 21st November, 2019 [bh402]",
        "Act Number": "(Bihar Act 12 of 1962)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1961",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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