This Act provides rules for acquisition land in the public interest, including compulsory acquisition, and related matters such as claims to compensation, examination of land and the taking possession of land, registration of interest in land and (effects of) withdrawal from acquisition. Where the Minister is of the opinion that it is necessary to acquire any land in the public interest and that there is reasonable justification for causing any hardship to any person who has an interest in the land, the Minister may acquire that land in accordance with this Act.

This Act makes provision for the control of the relationship between landlord and tenant in respect of dwellings and specified land including agricultural land. The Act also grants power to the Minister to appoint a Rent Board and provides for functions and powers of the Board.The Act allows an interested party to apply to the Rent Board for rent control measures. An Order of the Board fixing the rent shall be binding upon the parties to a tenancy agreement. The Act places restrictions on the power of a lessor to eject a lessee.

This Act grants powers to the Minister to constitute Forest Reserves and lays down rules relative to acts in or in relation with such reserve. The Minister may constitute a Forest Reserve by Order published in the Official Gazette and may also direct, in the same manner, the cessation of a Reserve. Provisions of the State Lands and River Reserves Act notwithstanding, the President or the government may not sell, lease or mortgage land in Forest Reserves. Cutting down of trees or lighting of fires without a written permission of the Chief Agricultural Officer is prohibited.