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GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH NOTIFICATION The 11th May 1990 No-LGL.168/89/31- —The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general information.
498 'i EIE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY. MAY 12, 1990 ASSAM AC T No- IX OF 1990 (Rec eived the asse nt o f the Governor on 8th Ma y, 1990) TH E ASSAM LAND RE VE NU E RE ASSESSMENT (AME ND ME NT ) ACT, 1990 An Act further to amend the Assam Land Reveune Re-assessment Act, 1936.
Whereas it is txp edien t lur the r to am end the Asfam Land Revenue Re-assessment Act, 1936 (Assam A ct -V ll l of 1936), he re inaf ter called the principal Act, in the manner hereinafte r app ear ing ;
It is hereby ena cted in the Forty -fi rst Year of the Re public of In d ii as follows :— Sho rt tit le , ex te nt and comm ence me nt
1. (I ) Th is Act may ? e called the Astam Land Revenue Re-assessment (Am endmen t) Act , lf90 .
(2) It sha ll have the like extent as the pr inc ipal Act.
(3; It shall bs deemed to have come int o force on the 27th day of Dece mber, 1989.
2. In Section 2, af ter the clause t'xii), the following new clauses shall be inserted, namely :—
(xiii) ‘Tea Lands’ means lands taken up for special cultivation of tea and for purposes ancillary thereto in the Tea Estates ;
(xiv) ‘Tea Group’ means a group of tea estates which aie included by the Settlement Officer in one »et of proposals for re-classificatlon and re-assesgment under this Ac; ;
(xv) ‘Industrial Lands* means andg used fur the pu r poses of manufacturing industrial products o f yari« ous kinds as may be prescribed in the Rules ;
(xvl) All words and expressions used in this Act and not defined herein shall hays the same meaning assigned to them respectively In the principal Act aad the Assam Land and Revenue Regulat ion,
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I 7r.w ' ' i .a .*. wVi-i* ■ . • TH E AS SA M GA ZE TT E. EX TR AO RD INAR Y, MAY 12, 1990 499 Deletion of 3. in the principal Act, Section 6 shall be delated.
Sect ion 6 o f A Siam Act - V I I I o f 1936.
••t - 'O. -t»-f i f e - t It Am endment 4. In the principa l Ac t, in Section 11 i — of Section 11 of the Assam Act V lt t of
1936. (1 ) In sub-section ( lj the full stop (.3 after the words, “ Settlement Officer** shall te deleted and th ere af te r the werds “ except in tea gro up’* shall be add ed.
(2) la suh-section 2), figures and the wor s “ ?0 per cent’ ’ and “ 50 per cent” shall be substituted by the expression ‘three times*’ and “ five times*’ res pectively.
(3) I® sub-seci ion (2 ), in the proviso, the ve tds “ set)led or used fo r special cul tiva tion or” shall be deleted.
-5 t'" / mc -r > Insertion of 5. In the principa l Act, after Sect ion 11, following new a new Sec- section shall be inserted, namely :— tion as 11 A.
“ 11 A No twithsta nd ing anythin g contained In Sec tion 11, the State Govc rn m er t may. if it is of opinion that it is necessary to do so, by notifica tion, assess a higher rate r f Revenue in tea lands not exceeding five times the exis ting land revenue of a tea group.” * » - ' ? *■'*'s-'4i'4- ‘40 , v .. ’jt < A s S s h v . ; 6 i " « > e A ssair Act- VfH of 1936, s r <> ‘ « <- , y pr incipa l Act, f ■■ t i - J i sections 1# shall le deleted.
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7. In the pr incipa l Ac t, in Seotioa |3 ,— (1 ) for the figure “ 30'*, the figure “ 20” , shall be subs titu ted .
(23 the provision (i ) shal l be substituted as follows, nam ely :— “ (1) the State Ge verame nt ma y, fo r reaseas to be recorded , fix a shorter term of settlement o f lands oth er than fewn lan d.
(3) the proviso (i ii ), shal l be deleted.
500 THE AS SAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINA RY. MAY 12. 1900 Amendment of Section 15 of Auam Act VIII of 1936.
8. In 8ecti«n 15 of the principal Act, be Inserted, namely **(d) Industrial Sites” , clause (d) sha’la Deletion of 9. In the principal Act, Section 20 shall be deleted.
Section 20 o f A»»am Act VIII of
1935.
Amendment 10. In the principal Act," ia Section 21 for the figure of Section ‘‘ 30 ”, figure “ 20 ” shall be substituted.
21 of Assam Act-VIH of
1936.
Amendment H- I a t h e Pr i n a iPa * Act, in Section 21 A, the words, of Section0 ‘ 'f ro m a report prepared under Section 6 of this Act” , shall 21A of be deleted.
Assam Act VIII of 1936.
Insertion of 12. In the principal Act, after Section 25, the follow ig « w Section n e w l e ct io n sh al l be in se rt ed , nam el y 25 A in Assam A c t- V II I of 1936.
“25 A. Assessment of revenue on industrial land— Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, where land originally settled is used as industrial land, th e revenue thereon shall be assessed at such higher rates as may be prescribed by rules” .
K. LASKAR, Secre tary to the Govt- of Assam, Legislative Depar tme nt- Gl. 'WAH AT I.— Printed sr d published by the Dy. Direc tor (P), Directorate o f Ptg, end Sty ., Assam, Cuwa hati—21, (Ex-G azette) No, 151— 1,110—500— 12-5-1990,