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Displaying 15236 - 15240 of 15550Guthi Corporation Act 1976.
This Act concerns the establishment of the Guthi Corporation as an autonomous and corporate body. For the management of the corporation a Board of Directors shall be formed according to the provisions of Section 9. Guthi means "a Guthi endowed by any philanthropist with religious or philanthropic motives through relinquishment of title to his movable or immovable property or any other income-yielding property or funds" for the performance of religious functions, or construction and maintenance of temples, wells, ponds, libraries, hospitals, etc.
Pasture Lands Nationalization Act, 1974.
The present Act regulates the nationalization of pasture lands. Nonetheless, the registered owner may retain possession of pasture land within the ceiling prescribed by the legislation in force, and the government may grant exemption for the purpose of horticulture, animal husbandry, herbal farming and tea plantation. The Act provides also for the payment to registered owners of a compensation to be determined on the recommendation of an ad hoc committee. The protection of and the pasturage on such lands is entrusted to the local Village Panchayat.
Forest Areas Lands Act, 1971.
The present Act makes arrangements relating to lands in Forest Areas. Such lands shall be sold by the appropriate authority to peasants who have "settled down there and who have been cultivating the lands for at least one year past..." (art. 4(1)). Land left over after sale and distribution as described above shall be sold or distributed in the prescribed manner. Further provisions concern the registration of lands, the modalities for the payment of the price of the land by the allottee and enforcement measures.
Land Rules 1964.
The present Rules consist of 46 articles divided into the following Chapters: Preliminary (I); Tenancy Rights, Records of Tenancy Rights, and Ceilings on Tenancy Holdings (II); Ceilings on Land Holdings, Compensation and Sale and Reallotment (III); Compulsory Savings and Credit Arrangements (IV); Miscellaneous (V). As far as tenancy is concerned, chapter 2 establishes that the District Land Reform Officer designated by the Government may appoint several land reform teams "for the purpose of collecting records of owner-cultivators as well as of tenants cultivating lands owned by others".
Presidential Decree No. 55/1993 re Land Procurement for the implementation of construction in the interest of the Public.
The Decree makes provisions for the procurement of land for the implementation of construction in the interest of the public. The land procurement shall be conducted by means of releasing or relinquishing the land title and shall be based on the General Planning of Spatial Layout already stipulated. The construction in the interest of the public is limited to the fields listed in article 5 (e.g. public roads, reservoirs, dams, irrigation channels, harbours, religious services, public markets, government offices, etc.).