(1) This Act may be called the Haryana Kisan Pass Book Act, 1994.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Haryana.
(3) It shall come into force on such date, as the State Government may by notification, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “agriculture” includes making land fit for cultivation, cultivation of land, improvement of land including development of sources of irrigation, soil conservation and land development measures, raising and harvesting of crops, horticulture, forestry, cattle breeding, animal husbandry, dairy farming, seed farming, pisciculture, sericulture, bee-keeping, piggery, poultry farming and other activities including transportation of agricultural produce, etc., as are generally carried on by agriculturists dairy-farmers, cattle breeders, poultry farmers and other categories of persons engaged in similar activities and the words ‘agricultural purposes’ shall be construed accordingly;
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1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Haryana Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated the 8th March, 1994, Page 453.
Short title, extent and commencement.
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(b) “co-operative society” means a co-operative society as defined in the Haryana Co-operative Societies Act, 1984 (Haryana Act 22 of 1984);
(c) “financial assistance” means an assistance rendered by way of loans, advances or otherwise for the purposes of agriculture by a financial institution of Government;
(d) “financial institution” means and includes—
(i) a banking company as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (Central Act 10 of 1949);
(ii) the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (Central Act 23 of 1955);
(iii) a subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 (Central Act 38 of 1959);
(iv) a corresponding new bank as specified in the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970(Central Act 5 of 1970);
(v) the Agriculture Refinance and Development Corporation established under the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation Act, 1963 (Central Act 10 of 1963);
(vi) Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956);
(vii) Regional Rural Bank established under the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976(Central Act 21 of 1976);
(viii) the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development established under the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981 (Central Act 61 of 1981);
(ix) the Haryana State Co-operative Bank or any other cooperative society;
(x) the Haryana Land Reclamation and Development Corporation;
(xi) the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation;
(xii) the Haryana State Khadi and Village Industries Board;
(xiii) the Haryana State Harijan Kalyan Nigam;
(xiv) the Haryana State Backward Classes Kalyan Nigam;
(xv) the Haryana Women and Weaker Sections Development Corporation;
(xvi) any other institution which may be notified in this behalf by the State or Central Government;
(e) “form” means a form appended to this Act;
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(f) “Kisan” means a person having an interest in a holding whether as a land owner, tenant, mortgagee, Dholidar or Pattadar including lessee of Panchayat of Government land except holder of a plot allotted for residential purposes;
(g) “Kisan Pass Book” means a Pass Book containing certified extracts from record-of-rights maintained under section 31 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, showing the nature and extent of interest of a Kisan in his agricultural holding or holdings in a revenue estate and other particulars as may be prescribed;
(h) “land” means land which is not occupied as the site of any building in a town or village and is occupied or has been let for agricultural purposes or for purposes sub-servient to agriculture, or for pasture, and includes the sites of buildings and other structures on such land;
(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(j) “Public Servant” means the servant as defined in section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860);
(k) “revenue officer” means the circle revenue officer or any other officer appointed by the State Government for the purpose of this Act;
(l) “Sub-Registrar” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908);
(m) Words and expressions defined in the Punjab Tenancy Act (Punjab Act 16 of 1887) and Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act 17 of 1887) but defined in this Act, shall, wherever used herein, be construed to have not the meaning assigned to them by the said Acts; and
(n) Words and expressions used to denote the holder of any right, title or interest shall be deemed to include the predecessors and successors of any right, title or interest of such persons.
3. The provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908), or in any other law for the time being in force.
4. As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, there shall be issued by each Patwari, a Kisan Pass Book to every Kisan in his revenue estate:
Provided that in respect of co-shares an entry shall be made showing the extent and nature of their interest in the joint holding other than the holding owned jointly by Jumla Mushtarka Wa Deegar Haqdarans in the Kisan Pass Book issued to each of them :
Provided further that in the revenue estate where settlement or consolidation operations are being conducted, a fresh Kisan Pass Book shall be issued as soon as operations are concluded and record-of-rights is prepared.
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Issue of Kisan Pass Book.
368 Alteration not to be made in the Revenue record except on production of Kisan Pass Book.
Presumption of truth as to entries.
Transfer not to be registered except on production of Kisan Pass Book.