(1) If on or after the notified date, any person acquires by lease any land which together with the land, if any, already held by him, exceeds in the aggregate the cultivating tenant’s ceiling area, he shall, within + [thirty] days of such acquisition, furnish to the authorised officer within whose jurisdiction the land or the major part thereof is situated, a return containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
+ Amended as per the Puducherry Land Reforms (Amendment) Regulation, 1977 w.e.f 28.02.77.
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(2) If the person referred to in sub-section (1) fails to furnish the return or furnishes an incorrect or incomplete return, within the period specified in that sub-section, the provisions of sub-section (2) and (3) of section 31 and other provisions of this Chapter shall, as far as may be, apply as if it were a return required to be furnished under sub-section (1) of section 31.
Effect of certain Acts
40. The provisions of the Puducherry cultivating tenants Protection Act, 1970 (9 of
1971.), the Puducherry Cultivating Tenants (Payment of Fair Rent) Act, 1970 (5 of 1971.)
and any other law relating to tenancy shall except in so far as they are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Chapter, continue in force.
Provisions of this Chapter to override other provisions
41. The provisions of this Chapter shall, subject to the provisions of section 16, have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other provision of this Act.
CHAPTER – VII Exemptions
42. Except as otherwise provided in sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 4 and in section 5, nothing contained in this Act shall apply to –
(i) any land held by the Central Government or any State Government or any local authority.
(ii) any land held by –
(a) any charitable or educational institution of public nature;
(b) any religious institution;
(c) any public trust, or religious trust of a public nature, existing on the appointed day;
(d) any agricultural university constituted by any law;
(iii) any land in respect of which the Government has granted permission to any industrial or commercial undertaking under section 23 and such permission continues to be in force;
Provided that the land referred in clause (iii) shall be exempt only so long as the conditions, if any, specified by the Government under the said section are complied with.
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43. Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to any land held by a sugarcane factory up to an area not exceeding 40 hectares which, in the opinion of the Government, is necessary for the purpose of research and development.
CHAPTER – VIII LAND TRIBUNALS Constitution of Land Tribunals