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Section 5: REVENUE OFFICER TO ASSESS PENAL RENT

The Mizoram (Prevention of Government Land Encroachment) Act, 2001. (Act No. 7 of 2001)State Act of Mizoram · Act 7 of 2001

(1) Revenue Officer shall make assessment of penal rent to be paid by such person as mentioned in section 4 for the whole period of such encroachment, as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time.

(2) The Revenue Officer may impose such penalty as may be prescribed from time to time, for the unauthorised occupation of the government land in addition to the penal rent assessed under subsection (1).

Ex-246/2001- 3 - ASSESSMENT OF RENT AND PENALTY NOT TO BE CHALLENGED IN CIVIL COURT-

(1) The decision as to the rate or amount of penal rent and the penalty under section 5 shall be recorded in writing and shall not be called in question in any Civil Court.

(2) Subject to conditions as may be prescribed, the District Revenue Officer may, in suitable casses, either reduce remit the amount payable in form of penal rent and penalty under sections 5 and 7.

7. SUMMARY EVICTION, FORFEITURE AND FINES.

(1) The Revenue Officer may summarily evict a person in authorised occupation or encroachment or any land which is the property of Government and on such eviction, any crop or other product raised on such land, any unauthorised construction such as building, etc or anything stacked thereon shall be liable to forfeiture.

2) An eviction under this section shall be made only after serving a notice as may be prescribed on the person reported to be in authorised occupation or his agent requiring him to vacate the land within such time as the Revenue Officer may deem reasonable after recept of the said notice and of such notice is not abeyed, by removing such person by applying force from the encroachment land in the manner as may be prescribed.

8. STAY OF CONSTRUCTION- The Revenue Officer may, if he has reason to believe that any person unauthorised occupying any land constructing or is about to construct any building or other construct thereon, by order, prohibit such person from proceeding with the construction of, as the case may be, from constructing such building or structure and it such person fails to comply with the order, the Revenue Officer may first issue an order staying such construction and then may impose such penalty as may be prescribed after following the procedure and in the manner as laid down in sections 4 and 5.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Mizoram (Prevention of Government Land Encroachment) Act, 2001. (Act No. 7 of 2001)
Section5
Marginal noteREVENUE OFFICER TO ASSESS PENAL RENT
JurisdictionState of Mizoram
StatusIn force as published by the source

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