The Bihar Bakasht Disputes Settlement Act, 1947

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    "title": "The Bihar Bakasht Disputes Settlement Act, 1947",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Bakasht Disputes Settlement Act, 1947",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 13 of 1947)",
    "act_year": 1947,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "The Bihar Bakasht Disputes Settlement Act, 1947",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and extent.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) Bakasht land\"-\n(i) in its application to any area in which the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885, is in force, means any land, other than proprietor's private land as defined in Section 120 of that Act, which a proprietor or tenure-holder claims to be cultivating with his own stock or by his own servants or by hired labour; and\n(ii) in its application to any area in which the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 is in force, means any land, other than proprietor's privileged land as defined in Section 118 of that Act, which a proprietor or tenure-holder claims to be cultivating with his own stock or by his own servants or by hired labour;\n(b) \"Board\" means a Board appointed under Section 3;\n(c) \"dispute\" means a dispute or difference regarding the possession of any bakasht land between a proprietor or tenure-holder and a person who claims to be in possession of the said land as a raiyat,\n[(d) a person shall be deemed to be \"independent\" for the purpose of his appointment as Chairman of a Board, if he is unconnected with the dispute referred to such Board or with any party directly affected by such dispute;]\n[(d1) \"notification\" means a notification published in the Official Gazette or in any manner the authority or officer issuing the notification deems best adapted for informing persons whom the notification concerns; and]\n(e) the expressions \"proprietor\" , \"tenure-holder\" and \"raiyat\" shall have-\n(i) in their application to any area in which the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885 is in force, the meanings assigned to them by that Act; and\n(ii) in their application to any area in which the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act, 1908, is in force, the meanings assigned to them by that Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Power of State Government to refer to dispute to Board.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Constitution of the Board.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Finality of orders constituting Board.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Consequence to ensue on reference.",
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            "content": "(a) the powers of a Criminal Court under Section 145 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (hereinafter referred to as the said Code), in so far as they related to inquiry and decision as to possession of the subject of such dispute,shall be barred from the date of the notification under Section 3 and until the dispute has been finally disposed of by the Board; and\n(b) any proceeding under Section 145 of the said Code pending in regard to the whole or part of the subject of such dispute shall be discontinued except in so far as the continuance of such proceeding may be necessary for the exercise of the powers referred to in sub-section (2).",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Duty of Board to bring about amicable settlement of dispute.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Board to inquire into and decide the dispute in case no amicable settlement is reached.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Opinion of majority to prevail.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Form of decision.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Effect of decision of Board.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Board to follow its own procedure.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power of Board to summon witnesses and compel production of documents.",
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            "content": "[13A. Continuance of proceedings after vesting of estate or tenure in the State.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Delegation of powers of State Government.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Power to make rules.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh096",
        "Act Number": "(Bihar Act 13 of 1947)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1947",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Bakasht Disputes Settlement Act, 1947",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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