A Settlement Officer and Assistant Settlement Officers shall be appointed to ensure the proper implementation of the law relating to land settlement.The Ordinance establishes the procedure to be followed by said officers for the acquisition of any land that may be classified under the following…

The Ordinance establishes the powers of the board (established according to the provisions of section 11 of the Land Settlement Ordinance) and the procedure to be followed in respect of applications.As far as the decisions of the board are concerned, article 6 establishes that the chairman of…

The Surveyor-General or any of his assistants have the power to demand to any person claiming to be the owner or occupier of lands or premises the production of deeds, documents or instruments upon which such person founds his claim. Said power include also the power of examining such deeds,…

The Act consists of 11 Chapters divided into 64 articles: Preliminary (I); Abolition of Jimidari (II); Ceilings of Land (III); Acquisition of Land in Excess of Upper Ceiling (IV); Compensation (V); Sale and Disposal of Land (VI); Provisions Relating to Tenant (VII); Provisions on Rent (VIII);…

The present Act aims at amending and consolidating current legislation relevant to the acquisition of land. The Government may acquire any land at any place for any public purpose, if it so deems necessary, according to the procedures set out by this Act. To this end it regulates the nomination…

The Government may declare any area as a protected watershed area and the Watershed Conservation Officer may take within the area the measures established by the present Act for the purpose of soil and watershed conservation (e.g. construction and maintenance of waterworks, afforestation,…

Act No. 58 of 1979 is amended by adding to the end of section 27 the following paragraph: "For the purpose of this subsection, "interest" includes the "ande" rights of a tenant cultivator, the rights of a lessee of such land and the rights of the majority of the co-…

Provisions of this Ordinance amend the Principal Act by: (a) replacing the magistrate in charge with the "Upazila Nirbahi Officer" as being an office elegible to be a Collector in the sense of this Act; (b) changing the rate of interest for compensation and lease under section 8 and…

Lessees who have entered into lease relationships before the effectuation of this Law shall be entitled to conduct their economic activity in compliance with lease contracts entered into before December 31 of 1989, and those who entered into lease relationships from January 1, 1990 shall conduct…

This Act concerns the establishment of the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority, whose functions shall pertain to land use planning, the development in land-use areas and the prescription of methods of construction works, the formulation and implementation for the development and maintenance…

The present Act establishes the responsibility and power of local Panchayats with respect to the implementation of development activities an local level and the formulation of development plans and construction projects, according the procedure, criteria and priorities set out by the Act. The…

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…