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Section 12

The Puducherry Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1973Union territory Act of Puducherry · Act 9 of 1974

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 10 and 11, the authorised officer shall, in calculating the extent of land held by any person, exclude the land in respect of which any question of title is pending before a competent court, or the Land Tribunal or other authority and where after such exclusion the land held by such person is in excess of the ceiling area, he shall declare the land in excess to be surplus land.

(2) The land so declared as surplus land shall be incorporated in the final statement published under section 11.

Amendment of final statement in certain cases

Where this provision sits

ActThe Puducherry Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1973
Section12
JurisdictionUnion territory of Puducherry
StatusIn force as published by the source

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