THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH (LAND SETTLEMENT AND RECORDS)
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024
(ACT NO. 3 OF 2024)
An
Act
further to amend the Arunachal Pradesh (Land Settlement and Records)
Act, 2000 (Act No. 10 of 2000) ;
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh in the Seventy-fifth
Year of the Republic of India as follows,-
1.
Short title and commencement : (1) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh
(Land Settlement and Records) (Amendment) Act, 2024.
(2)
It shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st September, 2008.
2.
Insertion of clause (ma) in Section 2 : In the Arunachal Pradesh (Land Settlement and
Records) Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), in Section 2, after
clause (m), the following clause shall be inserted :
“(ma) “Person” means an individual who is an indigenous Scheduled Tribe of the
State of Arunachal Pradesh as defined in Article 366 (25) of the Constitution of
India, in accordance with the provisions of Article 342 of the Constitution”.
3.
Amendment of Section 88 : In the principal Act ;
(i)
for sub-section (1) of Section 88, the following shall be substituted :
“Every person of Arunachal Pradesh, who at the commencement of this Act, holds
any land from the Government for agricultural purposes not on lease, and his
successors in interest shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) become the
owner thereof from such commencement”.
(ii)
In sub-section (6) of Section 88, after the word, “Government”, and before the word,
“for”, the words, “not on lease” shall be inserted.
(iii)
After sub-section (7) of Section 88, the following sub-section shall be added :
“(8) Any person or group of persons or community holding Government allotted
lands on lease for any purpose (agriculture, homestead settlements, business
or commercial, etc.) before or after the commencement of this Act, shall cease
to hold such Government allotted land on lease unless such lease is renewed
or extended, as the case may be, by the Government on such terms and
conditions from time to time as may be deemed expedient”.
The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 109, Vol. XXXI, Naharlagun, Friday, February 23, 2024, Phalguna 4, 1945 (Saka)
GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH
LAW, LEGISLATIVE AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
CIVIL SECRETARIAT
ITANAGAR
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NOTIFICATION
The 23rd February, 2024
No. Law/Legn- 6/2024.—The following Act of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
which was passed in the Thirteenth Session of the Seventh Legislative Assembly and received
the assent of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is hereby published for general information.
(Received the assent of the Governor on 23rd February, 2024)