The Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009

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    "title": "The Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 9 of 2009)",
    "act_year": 2009,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "The Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009",
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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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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Special Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Chairman\" means the Chairman of the Bihar Land Tribunal.\n(b) \"Member\" means Member of the Bihar Land Tribunal.\n(c) \"Tribunal\" means Tribunal constituted under Section 4 of this Act.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Constitution of the Bihar Land Tribunal.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Qualifications for appointment of Chairman or other Members.",
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            "content": "(a) is or has been, a District Judge and has held the post in that rank for at least three years, or has practised as an advocate continuously for not less then fifteen years.\n(b) is qualified to be appointed as a Judge of a High Court.\n(a) has held the post of Member/ Additional Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, or\n(b) has held the post not below the rank of Principal Secretary/ Secretary to the Government, of Bihar and has dealt with Land Reforms matters during his services in the Bihar Government in the capacity of Appellate/ Revisional Authority:",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Terms and conditions of the service of Chairman and Members.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Resignation and removal.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Staff of the Tribunal",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Powers of the Tribunal.",
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            "content": "(i) The Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961\n(ii) The Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950\n(iii) The Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885\n(iv) The Bihar Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation Act, 1956\n(v) The Bihar Tenants' Holdings (Maintenance of Records) Act, 1973\n(vi) The Bihar Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1954\n(vii) The Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947\n(viii) The Bihar Government Estates Manual, 1953\n(ix) The Bihar Settlement Manual",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Procedure of the Tribunal.",
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            "content": "(i) by a bench consisting of the Chairman and Judicial and Administrative Member, or\n(ii) by a bench consisting of Judicial and Administrative Member constituted by the Chairman; or\n(iii) by a single Member, nominated in this behalf by the Chairman, in such cases, as he deems fit.\nExplanation.\n(b) Where an application is heard by a bench consisting of two Members and the Members are divided in their opinion on any point, the point shall be referred for decision to the Chairman who may either himself hear and adjudicate or may assign it to any other Member to hear and adjudicate and on such adjudication the view of the Chairman or Member to whom the Chairman has assigned the point shall form majority view alongwith original order wherein difference of opinion has arisen.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Power to review the order of the Tribunal.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Penalty for the contravention of the orders of the Tribunal.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Cognizance and trial of offences.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Power of the Tribunal to call for record.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Transfer of proceedings pending in Patna High Court/ State Government to the Tribunal.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Act to override other laws.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Power to give directions.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Bar of Jurisdiction.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Power to remove difficulties.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power to make Rules.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Repeals.",
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            "content": "related provisions of Chapter-XIII of the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961 are hereby repealed.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh418",
        "Act Number": "(Bihar Act 9 of 2009)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2009",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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