THE PUNJAB LAND REVENUE ACT, 1967
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C O N T E N T S
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Power to except any area from provisions unsuited thereto.
3. Exclusion of certain land from operation of this Act.
4. Definitions.
CHAPTER II
DIVISIONS AND DISTRICTS
5. Province to be divided into Divisions and Districts.
6. Districts to be divided into Tehsils.
CHAPTER III
APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF REVENUE OFFICERS
Appointment
7. Classes of Revenue Officers.
8. Appointment of Commissioners and Collectors.
9. Additional Commissioners and Additional Collectors.
10. Assistant Collectors.
11. Tehsildars.
12. Certain appointments to be notified.
Administrative Control
13. Superintendence and control of Revenue Officers.
14. Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases.
15. Combination of offices.
Powers
16. Conferment of powers of Revenue Officers.
17. Functions of Revenue Officers.
18. Retention of powers by Revenue Officers on transfer.
CHAPTER IV
PROCEDURE OF REVENUE OFFICERS
19. Subordination of Revenue Officers.
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20. Powers to make rules as to procedure.
21. Persons by whom appearance and applications may be made before and to
Revenue Officers.
22. Powers of Revenue Officers to summon persons to give evidence and produce
documents.
23. Summons to be in writing signed and sealed.
24. Mode of service of summons.
25. Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation, or copy thereof.
26. Mode of making proclamation.
27. Inquiries under the Act to be deemed judicial proceedings.
28. Language of Revenue Offices.
29. Arrest of defaulter to be made upon warrant.
30. Power of Revenue Officers to enter upon any lands or premises for purpose of
measurements, etc.
31. Place of sittings.
32. Proceedings held on holidays.
33. Seals.
34. Costs.
35. Penalty.
CHAPTER V
VILLAGE OFFICERS
36. Rules regulating appointments etc., of Village Officers.
37. Village Officers’ cess.
38. Restrictions on attachment or assignment of remuneration of Village Officers.
CHAPTER VI
RECORDS
Records-of-rights and Periodical Records
39. Record-of-rights and documents included therein.
40. Making of special revision of record-of-rights.
41. Periodical records.
41-A. Preparation of computerized records.
41-B. Computerized periodical records.
Procedure for making records
42. Making of that part of periodical records which relates to land-owners.
42-A. Report of acquisition of rights.
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43. Making of that part of periodical record which relates to other persons.
44. Determination of disputes.
45. Restriction on variations of entries in records.
46. Mutation fees.
47. Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records.
48. Penalty.
Rights of Government and presumptions with respect thereto and to other matters
49. Rights of Government in mines and minerals.
50. Presumption as to ownership of forests, quarries and waste-lands.
51. Compensation for infringement of rights of third parties in exercise of a right of
Government.
52. Presumption in favour of entries in records-of-rights and periodical records.
53. Suit for declaratory decrees by persons aggrieved by an entry in a record.
Supplemental Provisions
54. Records-of-rights and periodical records for groups of estates.
54-A. Power to call for information.
55. Powers to make rules respecting records and other matters connected therewith.
CHAPTER VII
ASSESSMENT
56. Assessment of land revenue.
56-A. Exemption of land revenue.
57. Basis of assessment.
58. Limit of assessments.
General Assessments
59. Notification of intended re-assessment and instructions as to principles of
assessment.
60. Mode of determining assessment.
61. Announcement of assessment.
62. Application for reconsideration of assessment.
63. Confirmation and duration of assessment.
64. Duration of assessment.
65. Assessment to remain in force till new assessment takes effect.
66. Refusal to be liable for assessment and consequences thereof.
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67. Distribution of the assessment of an estate over the holdings comprised therein.
68. Application for amendment of the distribution of an assessment.
69. Appeals from orders under sections 62 and 68.
Special Assessment
70. Special assessments.
70-A.
70-B. Determination of land ownership.
70-C. Information about increase in the extent of ownership.
70-D. Change in the basis of exemption or assessment.
70-E. Exemption or assessment of land-revenue.
71. Power to make rules.
72. Procedure to be followed in making rules.
73. Power to issue instructions.
CHAPTER VIII
COLLECTION OF LAND REVENUE
74. Liability for payment of land-revenue.
75. Security for payment of land-revenue.
76. Orders to regulate payment of land-revenue.
77. Rules to regulate collection, remission and suspension of land-revenue.
78. Costs recoverable as part of arrear.
79. Certified account to be evidence as to arrear.
80. Processes for recovery of arrears.
81. Notice of demand.
82. Arrest and detention of defaulter.
83. Distress and sale of movable property and crops.
84. Transfer of holding.
85. Attachment of holding.
86. Annulment of assessment of holding.
87. Proclamation of attachment or annulment of assessment and consequences of
proclamation.
88. Sale of holding.
89. Effect of sale on encumbrances.
90. Proceedings against other immovable property of defaulter.
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91. Remedies open to person denying his liability for an arrear.
Procedure in sales
92. Proclamation of sale.
93. Indemnity to Revenue Officer with respect to contents of proclamation.
94. Publication of proclamation.
95. Time and conduct of sale.
96. Power to postpone sale.
97. Stay of sale.
98. Deposit by purchaser in case of sale of immovable property.
99. Consequences of failure to pay deposit.
100. Time for payment in full.
101. Procedure in default of payment.
102. Report of sale to Executive District Officer (Revenue).
103. Application to set aside sale.
104. Order confirming or setting aside sale.
105. Refund or deposit of purchase money when sale set aside.
106. Proclamation after postponement or on re-sale.
107. On confirmation of sale possession and certificate to be granted to purchaser.
108. Sale of movable property and perishable articles.
109. Mode of payment for movable property when sale is concluded on the spot.
110. Mode of payment for movable property when sale is subject to confirmation.
111. Proceeds of sale.
112. Claims to attached movable or immovable property how to be disposed of.
CHAPTER IX
RECOVERY OF OTHER DEMANDS BY REVENUE OFFICERS
113. Recovery of certain arrears through Revenue Officers instead of by suit.
114. Other sum recoverable as arrears of land-revenue.
115. Application of Chapter VIII to sums recoverable under this Chapter.
115-A. Charges for recovery of dues, other than Provincial dues, as arrears of landrevenue.
CHAPTER X
SURVEYS AND BOUNDARIES
116. Revenue survey may be introduced by Board of Revenue in any part of Province.
117. Power of Revenue Officers to define boundaries.
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118. Surveys for purpose of preparation of records.
119. Assistance to be given by holders and others in the measurement or classification
of lands.
120. Professional surveys.
121. Power of Board of Revenue to make rules for demarcation of boundaries and
erection of boundary marks.
122. Effect of the settlement of boundary.
123. Power to fix boundary between riverain estates.
124. Effect of fixing boundary between riverain estates.
125. Application for immediate transfer of rights.
126. Award of compensation and extinguishment of rights thereby.
127. Voluntary transfers not affected.
128. Rights transferred to be liable to all the incidents of tenure of the estate of which
the transfer is made.
129. Cost of erection and repair of boundary and survey marks.
130. Recovery of cost incurred by Government.
131. Responsibility for the maintenance of boundary and survey marks.
132. Report of destruction or removal of or injury to boundary or survey marks.
133. Land measurement or survey to be based on a square system or rectangulation.
134. Penalty.
CHAPTER XI
PARTITION
135. Application for partition.
136. Restrictions and limitations on partition.
137. Notice of application for partition.
138. Addition of parties to application.
139. Disallowance of partition.
140. Procedure on admission of application.
141. Disposal of questions as to title in the property to be divided.
142. Disposal of other questions.
143. Administration of property excluded from partition.
144. Distribution of revenue and rent after partition.
145. Instrument of partition.
146. Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition.
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147. Affirmation of partition privately effected.
148. Power to make rules as to cost of partition.
149. Re-distribution of land according to custom.
150. Officers who may be empowered to act under this Chapter.
CHAPTER XII
ARBITRATION
151. Power to refer to arbitration.
152. Order of reference and contents thereof.
153. Nomination of arbitrators.
154. Substitution of arbitrators by parties.
155. Nomination and substitution of arbitrators by Revenue Officers.
156. Process for appearance before arbitrators.
157. Award of arbitrators and presentation thereof.
158. Procedure on presentation of award.
159. Effect of award.
160. Arbitration Act not to apply to arbitration under this Chapter.
CHAPTER XIII
APPEAL, REVIEW AND REVISION
161. Appeals.
162. Limitation for appeals.
163. Review.
164. Revision.
165. Stay of proceedings and execution of orders and decrees.
166. Clerical mistakes, etc.
167. Computation of period limited under this Chapter.
CHAPTER XIV
SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
Revenue Deposits
168. Power to deposit certain sums other than rent.
169. Procedure in case of deposits.
Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts
170. Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts for execution of processes against land, etc.
171. Preservation of attached produce.
Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts
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172. Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts in matters within the jurisdiction of
Revenue Officers.
173. Powers to invest officers making records-of-rights or general re-assessments with
powers of Civil Courts.
174. Control over such officers and appeals from and revision of their decrees and
orders.
General
175. Prevention of encroachment upon common lands.
175-A. Penalty for encroachments.
176. Papers kept by Village Officers to be deemed public documents.
177. Maps and land record open to inspection, etc.
178. Restriction on Revenue Officers bidding at auctions or engaging in trade.
CHAPTER XV
MISCELLANEOUS
179. Effect of finality of orders.
180. Restriction on appointment of Lambardars.
181. Bar on legal proceedings against Revenue Officers.
182. Power to make rules.
183. Rules to be made after previous publication.
184. Repeals and savings.
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