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सं० 166] नई दिल्ली, शनिवार , दिसम्बर 4, 1976/ अग्रहायण 13 , 1898
No. 166] NEW DELHI , SATURDAY , DECEMBER 4, 1976 /AGRAHAYANA 13 , 1898
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MINISTRY OF LAW , JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi , the 4th December , 1976/ Agrahayana 13, 1898 ( Saka) The following President's Act is published for general information: ---
THE GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL LANDS CEILING
(A MENDMENT) ACT, 1976
NO. 43 OF 1976
Enacted by the President in the Twenty - seventh Year of the Republic
ofIndia.
An Act further to amend the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling
Act, 1960
44 of 1976 .
Inexercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Gujarat State Legislature ( Delegation of Powers) Act, 1976 , the President is pleased to enact as follows: -
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling (Amendment) Act , 1976 .
2. In section 2 of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) , in clause ( 6 ) ,
Guj . XXVII of 1961 .
Amend- ment of section 2.
Bom . VII of 1879 .
(1) in Explanation II, for the words , brackets and figures " a Canal-Officer as defined in clause ( 6) of section 3 of the Bombay Irrigation Act , 1879 " , the words " a competent officer " shall be sub- stituted;
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(2) after Explanation II as so amended , the following Explanation shall be inserted , namely : -
'Explanation III. For the purposes of Explanation II, " com- petent officer " means-
Bom . VII of 1879 .
(a) in relation to any land or source of water which is situated within the jurisdiction of a Canal- Officer as defined in clause (6) of section 3 of the Bombay Irrigation Act , 1879 , such Canal - Officer ; and
(b) in relation to any other land or source of water , such officer as the State Government may , by notification in the Official Gazette , designate in this behalf.' .
3. In section 29B of the principal Act , after the word and figures " section 21 " , the words and figures " or section 26 " shall be inserted .
Amend- ment of section 293 .
4. In section 53 of the principal Act, in sub- section ( 2 ) , after clause ( ii ) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely :-
Amend- ment of section 53 .
" ( xii- a ) the allotment of orchards or blocks of land and the occupancy price , if any , to be provided therefor under section 29A," .
FAKIIRUDDIN ALI AHMED , President .
K. K. SUNDARAM, Lecy . to the Govt . of India.
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Reasons for the enactment
Under the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act , 1960 , the levels of ceiling applicable to a family of five members for perennially irrigated land and seasonally irrigated land have been fixed at 10-18 acres and 27 acres respectively . Explanation II to clause (6) of section 2 of the said Act provides that the authority to certify whether a piece of land is perennially or seasonally irrigated and whether a source of water is perennial or not is vested in the Canal-Officer . A Canal-Officer is defined in clause (6) of section 3 of the Bombay Irrigation Act, 1879, and his jurisdiction is restricted to the command areas of the irrigation projects only. Since the classification of land in terms of its irrigation facility has to be done throughout the State for the purpose of the implementation of the land ceiling law , it is considered necessary to authorise Canal- Officers within their respective jurisdictions and other designated officers in respect of other areas to perform this function . Opportunity is being availed ofto make a few amendments of a purely consequential nature in the Act . This measure seeks to achieve the aforesaid objects .
2. The Consultative Committee constituted under the proviso to sub- section ( 2) of section 3 of the Gujarat State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act , 1976 ( 44 of 1976) , has been consulted before the enactment of this measure as a President's Act.
K. S. NARANG ,
Secy . to the Govt. of India,
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
(Department of Agriculture ) .
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