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Section 37B: Persons not entitled to hold land in excess of ceiling area

The Orissa Land Reforms Act, 1960State Act of Odisha · Act 16 of 1960

On and from the commencement of the Orissa Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1973 (President's Act 17 of 1973), no person shall, either as landholder or raiyat or as both, be entitled to hold any land in excess of the ceiling area.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this section all lands held individually by the members of a family or jointly by some or all the members of a family shall be deemed to be held by the family.

1. Substituted vide Orissa Act No. 13 of 1965

2. Substituted vide Orissa Act No. 29 of 1976

3. Substituted vide Orissa Act No. 9 of 1974

Where this provision sits

ActThe Orissa Land Reforms Act, 1960
Section37B
Marginal notePersons not entitled to hold land in excess of ceiling area
JurisdictionState of Odisha
StatusIn force as published by the source

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