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Haryana Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

© Govt. of Haryana

No. 23–2021/Ext.]

CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021

(MAGHA 22, 1942 SAKA )

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS

PART - I

ACTS

PAGES

THE PUNJAB SECURITY OF LAND TENURES (HARYANA AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2017

(HARYANA ACT NO. 2 OF 2021)

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PART - II

ORDINANCES

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PART - III DELEGATED LEGISLATION

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PART - IV CORRECTION SLIPS, REPUBLICATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS

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PART - I

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 11th February, 2021

No. Leg. 2/2021.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana

received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 12th January, 2021 and is hereby

published for general information:-

HARYANA ACT NO. 2 OF 2021

THE PUNJAB SECURITY OF LAND TENURES (HARYANA AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2017

AN

ACT

further to amend the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, in its application to the State

of Haryana.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-eighth Year of the

Republic of India as follows :–

1.

This Act may be called the Punjab Security of Land Tenures (Haryana Amendment) Act,

2017.

Short title.

2.

In clause (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act,

1953 (hereinafter in called the principal Act),-

(i)

for the sign “.” existing at the end, the sign and word “ ; or” shall be substituted;

and

(ii)

after clause (vii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

“(viii) has the tenancy for a fixed term supported by a registered agreement

entered into by the landowner and the tenant and such term has expired.”.

Amendment of

section 9 of Punjab

Act 10 of 1953.

3.

In the last proviso to section 9A of the principal Act, -

(i)

for the sign “.” existing at the end, the sign “:” shall be substituted; and

(ii)

after the last proviso, the following provisos shall be added, namely:-

“Provided further that the tenant, whose tenancy is for a fixed term

supported by a registered agreement entered into by the landowner and the tenant

and such term has expired shall not be entitled to the benefit of this section:

Provided further that if the tenant is a company registered under the

Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013), it shall not be entitled to claim

benefit under this section.”.

Amendment of

section 9A of

Punjab Act 10

of 1953.

4.

In section 17 of the principal Act,-

(i)

the existing section shall be renumbered as sub-section (1); and

(ii)

after sub-section (1) so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be added,

namely:-

“(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not be applicable where the

tenancy is for a fixed term supported by a registered agreement entered into by

the landowner and the tenant and such term has expired.”.

Amendment of

section 17 of Punjab

Act 10 of 1953.

5.

After sub-section (1) of section 18 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be

inserted, namely:-

“(1-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the tenant is a

company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013), it shall not

be entitled to purchase land from the landowner under this section.”.

Amendment of

section 18 of Punjab

Act 10 of 1953.

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Insertion of section

18A of Punjab Act

10 of 1953.

6.

After section 18 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

“18A. Provisions of Section 18 not to apply to tenancy for a fixed term.- The

provisions of section 18 shall not be applicable where the tenancy is for a fixed term

supported by a registered agreement entered into by the landowner and the tenant and

such term has expired.”.

BIMLESH TANWAR,

Administrative Secretary to Government, Haryana,

Law and Legislative Department.

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