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Section 14

The Gujarat Agricultural Land Ceiling Act-1960State Act of Gujarat · Act 27 of 1960

(1) If in the course of preparing a list under section 13 or at any time thereafter, the Tribunal finds in respect of any person that in addition to the land held by him within the area of its jurisdiction he holds other land outside such area, the Tribunal shall refer the case in the prescribed manner,—

(i) to the Collector, if the other land is situate in the same district,

(ii) 53[ * * * * * ]

(iii) to the State Government, if the other land is situate in another 54[distriict].

Penalty for failure to furnishstatement 49 [or affidavit]etc.

Surplus land needed for Public purpose and power to acquire it.

Tribunal proceed to prepare list of persons holding surplus land.

Designated Tribunal to exericise jurisdiction in respect of persons holding land in different areas.

(2) On receipt of the reference, the Collector, 55[ * * *] or, as the case may be, the State Government shall-

(a) call for from each of the Tribunals within whose jurisdiction land is held by such person the details about the land so held, and

(b) after taking into consideration the extent of land held by the person within the jurisdiction of different Tribunals, designate one of such Tribunals to exercise jurisdiction under this Act in respect of such person and the lands held by him and transfer the case to the Tribunal so designated, and

(c) give intimation of the tranfer to the Tribunal, to the person whose case has been so transferred and to other persons interested in the land'

(3) On such tranfer, the Tribunal designated under sub-section (2) shall exercise jurisdiction under this Act in respect of such person and the lands held by him.

15. The extent of surplus land, if any, held by any person 56 [ * *] shall be computed on the basis of the total land held by such person 57[***];

Provided that the total land so held shall include—

(a) where such person holds in addition to the land held by him indivi- dually as owner or tenant, a share in the land held by a joint family, an area of land equivalent to his share in the land which such joint family is entitled to hold under section 6,

(b) land, if any, transferred or sub-divided by or on behalf of such person in contravention of section-7, and

(c) land, if any, transferred or partitioned by such person after the 15th day of January, 1959 but before the commencement of this Act 58[ or after 24th January, 1971 but before the specified date], and in respect of which no application for a declaration under section 8 was made or any application made under section 8 has been rejected.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Gujarat Agricultural Land Ceiling Act-1960
Section14
JurisdictionState of Gujarat
StatusIn force as published by the source

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