The Punjab Land-Revenue Act, 1887
Central Act · Act 17 of 1887156 provisions18 citing judgments
The enactment
| Long title | An Act to amend and declare the Land-revenue Law of the Punjab. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 17 of 1887 |
| Year | 1887 |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Ministry | Ministry of Rural Development |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 156 |
| Subjects | property |
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- Section 1 Title, extent and commencement.
- Section 2 Repeal.
- Section 3 Definitions.1 citing judgment
- Section 4 Exclusion of certain land from operation of Act.
- Section 5 Power to vary limits and alter number of tahsils, districts and divisions.
- Section 6 Classes of Revenue-officers.
- Section 7 Financial Commissioner.
- Section 8 Appointment of Commissioners, and Deputy, Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners.
- Section 9 Appointment of Tahsildars and Naib-tahsildars.
- Section 10 Powers of Revenue-officers.
- Section 11 Superintendence and control of Revenue-officers.
- Section 12 Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases.
- Section 13 Appeals.3 citing judgments
- Section 14 Limitation for appeals.
- Section 15 Review by Revenue-officers.
- Section 16 Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue-officers.1 citing judgment
- Section 17 Power to make rules as to procedure.
- Section 18 Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before and to Revenue-officers.
- Section 19 Power of Revenue-officer to summon persons.
- Section 20 Mode of service of summons.
- Section 21 Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation or copy thereof.
- Section 22 Mode of making proclamation.
- Section 23 Place of sitting.
- Section 24 Holidays.
- Section 25 Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled.
- Section 26 Retention of powers by Revenue-officers on transfer.
- Section 27 Conferment of powers of Revenue-officers .
- Section 28 Rules respecting kanungos, zaildars, inamdars and village-officers.
- Section 29 Village-officers’ cess.
- Section 30 Restriction on attachment or assignment of remuneration of kanungos, Zaildars, Inamdars and village-officers.
- Section 31 Record-of-rights and documents included therein.
- Section 32 Making or special revision of record-of-rights.
- Section 33 Annual record.
- Section 34 Making of that part of the annual record which relates to land-owners, assignees of revenue and occupancy, tenants.
- Section 35 Making of that part of the annual record which relates to other persons.
- Section 36 Determination of disputes.
- Section 37 Restrictions on variation of entries in records.
- Section 38 Mutation-fees.
- Section 39 Penalty for neglect to report acquisition of any right referred to in section 34.
- Section 40 Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records.
- Section 41 Rights of the Government in mines and minerals.1 citing judgment
- Section 42 Presumption as to ownership of forests, quarries and waste-lands.1 citing judgment
- Section 43 Compensation for infringement of rights of third parties in exercise of a right of the Government.
- Section 44 Presumption in favour of entries in records-of-rights and annual records.2 citing judgments
- Section 45 Suit for declaratory decree by person aggrieved by an entry in a record.1 citing judgment
- Section 46 Power to make rules respecting records and other matters connected therewith.
- Section 47 Record-of-rights and annual records for groups of estates.
- Section 48 Assessment of land-revenue.
- Section 49 Notification of intended re-assessment and instructions, as to principles of assessment.
- Section 50 Mode of determining assessment.
- Section 51 Announcement of assessment.
- Section 52 Application for re-consideration of assessment.
- Section 53 Confirmation and duration of assessment.
- Section 54 Assessment to remain in force till new assessment takes effect.
- Section 55 Refusal to be liable for assessment and consequence thereof.
- Section 56 Distribution of the assessment of an estate over the holdings comprised therein.
- Section 57 Application for amendment of the distribution of an assessment.
- Section 58 Appeals from orders under sections 52 and 57.
- Section 59 Special assessment.
- Section 60 Formation of waste-land into separate estates.
- Section 61 Security for payment of land-revenue.
- Section 62 Further security for payment of land-revenue.
- Section 63 Orders to regulate payment of land-revenue.
- Section 64 Rules to regulate collection, remission and suspension of land-revenue.
- Section 65 Costs recoverable as part of arrear.
- Section 66 Certified account to be evidence as to arrear.
- Section 67 Processes for recovery of arrears.
- Section 68 Writ of demand.
- Section 69 Arrest and detention of defaulter.
- Section 70 Distress and sale of moveable property and crops.
- Section 71 Transfer of holding.
- Section 72 Attachment of estate or holding.
- Section 73 Annulment of assessment of estate or holding.
- Section 74 Proclamation of attachment or annulment of assessment, and consequences of the proclamation.
- Section 75 Sale of estate or holding.1 citing judgment
- Section 76 Effect of sale on encumbrances.1 citing judgment
- Section 77 Proceedings against other immoveable property of defaulter.1 citing judgment
- Section 78 Remedies open to person denying his liability for an arrear.1 citing judgment
- Section 79 Proclamation of sale.
- Section 80 Indemnity to Revenue-officer with respect to contents of proclamation.1 citing judgment
- Section 81 Publication of proclamation.
- Section 82 Time and conduct of sale.
- Section 84 Stay of sale.
- Section 85 Payment of deposit by highest bidder.
- Section 86 Consequences of failure to pay deposit.
- Section 87 Exercise of right of pre-emption.
- Section 88 Time for payment in full.
- Section 89 Procedure in default of payment.
- Section 90 Report of sale to Commissioner.
- Section 91 Application to set aside sale.
- Section 92 Order confirming or setting aside sale.
- Section 93 Refund of purchase-money on setting aside of sale.
- Section 94 Proclamation after postponement or on re-sale.
- Section 95 On confirmation of sale, possession and certificate to be granted to purchaser.
- Section 96 Proceeds of sale.
- Section 97 Recovery of certain arrears through Revenue-officer instead of by suit.
- Section 98 Other sums recoverable as arrears of land-revenue.
- Section 99 Application of Chapter VI to sums recoverable under this Chapter.
- Section 100 Power of Financial Commissioner to make rules for demarcation of boundaries and erection of survey-marks.
- Section 101 Power of Revenue-officers to define boundaries.
- Section 102 Cost of erection and repair of survey-marks.
- Section 103 Recovery of cost incurred by the Government.
- Section 104 Power of Revenue-offices to enter on land for purposes of survey and demarcation.
- Section 105 Surveys for purpose of preparation of records.
- Section 106 Provision of flag holders and chainmen for those surveys.
- Section 107 Professional surveys.
- Section 108 Penalty for destruction, injury or removal of survey-marks.
- Section 109 Report of destruction or removal of or injury to survey-marks.
- Section 110 Effect of partitions of estates and tenancies on joint liability for revenue and rent.
- Section 111 Application for partition.1 citing judgment
- Section 112 Restrictions and limitations on partition.
- Section 113 Notice of application for partition.
- Section 114 Addition of parties to application.
- Section 115 Absolute disallowance of partition.
- Section 116 Procedure on admission of application.
- Section 117 Disposal of questions as to title in property to be divided.
- Section 118 Disposal of other questions.1 citing judgment
- Section 119 Administration of property excluded from partition.
- Section 120 Distribution of revenue and rent after partition.
- Section 121 Instrument of partition.
- Section 122 Delivery of possessions of property allotted on partition.
- Section 123 Affirmation of partition s privately effected.
- Section 124 Power to make rules as to costs of partition.
- Section 125 Re-distribution of land according to custom.
- Section 126 Officer who may be empowered to act under this Chapter.
- Section 127 Power to refer to arbitration.
- Section 128 Order of reference and contents thereof.
- Section 129 Nomination of arbitrators.
- Section 130 Substitution of arbitrators by parties.
- Section 131 Nomination and substitution of arbitrators by Revenue-officers.
- Section 132 Process for appearance before arbitrators.
- Section 133 Award of arbitrators and presentation thereof.
- Section 134 Procedure on presentation of award.
- Section 135 Effect of award.
- Section 136 Power to invest officers making records-of-rights or general re-assessments with powers of Civil Courts.
- Section 137 Control over such officers and appeals from and revision of their decrees and orders.
- Section 138 Power to deposit certain sums other than rent.
- Section 140 Procedure in case of other deposits.
- Section 141 Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts for execution of processes against land or the produce thereof to be addressed to a Revenue-officer.
- Section 142 Attachment of assigned land-revenue.
- Section 143 Preservation of attached produce.
- Section 144 Division of produce.
- Section 145 Village cesses.
- Section 146 Superior land-owners’ dues.
- Section 147 Substitution of service for payment of land-revenue.
- Section 148 Recovery of cost of assessing assigned land-revenue.
- Section 149 Penalty for failure to attend within limits of estate in obedience to order of Revenue-officers.
- Section 150 Prevention of encroachment on common lands.
- Section 151 Papers kept by village-officers to be deemed public documents.
- Section 152 Costs.
- Section 153 Computation of periods limited for appeals and applications for review.
- Section 154 Restriction on Revenue-officers bidding at auctions or trading.
- Section 155 Power to make rules.
- Section 156 Rules to be made after previous publication.
- Section 157 Powers exerciseable by the Financial Commissioner from time to time.
- Section 158 Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts, in matters within the jurisdiction of Revenue-officers.1 citing judgment
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