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The Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
THE PUNJAB LAND REFORMS ACT, 1972
(PUNJAB ACT 10 OF 1973)
(As amended upto the 15th August, 2025)
2025
THE PUNJAB LAND REFORMS ACT, 1972
CONTENTS
Preamble
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
2. Declarations as to giving effect to certain directive principles
3. Definitions
CHAPTER II
CEILING ON LAND
4. Permissible area
5. Selection of permissible area and furnishing of declaration by
certain persons
6. Collection of information in case declaration is not furnished
7. Determination of permissible and surplus area
8. Vesting of unutilized surplus area in the State Government
9. Power to take possession of surplus area
10. Amount payable for the surplus area
11. Disposal of surplus area
12. Bar on future acquisition of land in excess of permissible area
13. Power to separate share of landowners in joint lands
14. Exemption of lands belonging to religious or charitable
institutions
CHAPTER III
MISCELLANEOUS
15. Saving of certain rights of tenants to purchase land
16. Summary eviction and fine
17. Abrogation of pending decrees, orders and notices
18. Appeal, review and revision
19. Correction of clerical errors
20. Court fees
21. Bar of Jurisdiction
22. Indemnity
23. Penalty for making false statements
24. Mode of recovery
25. Power to remove difficulties
26. Power to make rules
27. Exemption of certain lands from the operation of the Act
28. Repeal and Saving
1THE PUNJAB LAND REFORMS ACT, 1972
(Punjab Act No. 10 of 1973)
[Received the assent of the President of India on the 24th
March, 1973 and was first published for general information in
the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), Legislative
Supplement, dated the 2nd April, 1973.]
1 2 3 4
Year No. Short Title Whether repealed or
otherwise affected by the
legislation
1973 10 The Punjab
Land Reforms
Act, 1972
2 Amended by Punjab Act
No. 40 of 1973
3 Amended by Punjab Act
No. 22 of 1976
Amended by Punjab Act
No. 32 of 2011
Amended by Punjab Act
No. 15 of 2014
Amended by Punjab Act
No. 19 of 2017
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to ceiling on
land holdings, acquisition of proprietary rights by tenants and
other ancillary matters in the State of Punjab.
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the
Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: -
1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Land Reforms Act,
1972.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Punjab.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons. see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary),
1972, Page 1471
2 For Statement of Objects and Reasons. see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary),
dated the 21st September, 1973, Page 919
3 For Statement of Objects and Reasons. see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary),
dated the 30th February, 1976, Page 230
Short title, extent
and
commencement.
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
2. It is hereby declared that this Act is for giving effect to the
policy of the State towards securing the principles specified in
clauses (b) and (c) of Article 39 of the Constitution of India.
3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, —
(1) "appointed day" means the twenty-fourth day of
January, 1971;
(2) "banjar land" means land which has remained
uncultivated for a continuous period of not less than
four years immediately preceding the date on which the
question whether such land is banjar or not arises;
(3) "Collector" means the Collector of the district or any
officer not below the rank of Assistant Collector of the
first grade empowered in this behalf by the State
Government;
(4) "family" in relation to a person means the person, the
wife or husband, as the case may be, of such person and
his or her minor children, other than a married minor
daughter;
(5) "land" means land which is not occupied as the site of
any building in a town or village and is occupied or has
been let for agricultural purposes or for purposes
subservient to agriculture, or for pasture, and includes
(a) the sites of buildings, and other structures on
such land; and
(b) banjar land;
(6) "landowner" shall have the meaning assigned to it in
the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII
of 1887);
Declaration as to
giving effect to
certain directive
principles.
Definitions.
Explanation, In respect of land mortgaged with
possession, the mortgagee shall be deemed to be the
landowner;
(7) "minor" means a person who has not completed the
age of eighteen years;
(8) "orchard" means a compact area of land having fruit
bearing trees grown thereon in such number that they
preclude, or when fully grown would preclude a
substantial part of such land from being used for any
other agricultural purpose 1[***];
(9) "Pepsu law" means the Pepsu Tenancy and
Agricultural Lands Act, 1955;
(10) "person" includes a company, family, association or
other body of individuals, whether incorporated or
not, and any institution capable of holding property;
(11) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under
this Act;
(12) "Punjab law" means the Punjab Security of Land
Tenures Act, 1953;
2[(13) "self-cultivation" means cultivation by a landowner
either personally or through any member of his family
or through his brother, or through a servant or hired
labour under the personal supervision of the
landowner or supervision of a member of his family,
subject to the condition that the servant or hired labour
is paid wages in cash or in kind or partly in cash and
partly in kind but not as a share of the produce;]
3[(14) ***];
(15) "surplus area" means the area in excess of the
permissible area;
1 Omitted by Punjab Act No. 19 of 2017, Section 2
2 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973, Section 2
3 Omitted by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973, Section 2
(16) "tenant" has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab
Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of 1887) and includes a
sub-tenant, and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not
include a present holder as defined in clause (f) of
section 2 of the East Punjab Displaced Persons (Land
Resettlement) Act, 1949 ;
(17) all other words and expressions used herein and not
defined but defined in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887
(Punjab Act XVI of 1887), or the Punjab Land
Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887), shall
have the meaning assigned to them in either of those
Acts.
CHAPTER II
CEILING ON LAND
4. 1[(1) Subject to the provisions of section 5, no person
shall own or, hold land as landowner or mortgagee with
possession or tenant or partly in one capacity and partly in
another in excess of the permissible area.]
(2) 'Permissible area' shall mean in respect of-
(a) land under assured irrigation and capable of
yielding at least two crops in a year (hereinafter in
this Act referred to as 'the first quality land'), seven
hectares; or
(b) land under assured irrigation for only one crop in a
year, eleven hectares; or
(c) barani land, 20.5 hectares; or
(d) land of other classes including banjar land, an area
to be determined according to the prescribed scale
with reference to the intensity of irrigation,
productivity and soil classification of such classes,
having regard to the respective valuation and the
permissible area of the classes of land mentioned at
(a), (b) and (c) above 2[subject to the condition that
1 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973, Section 3
2 Added by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973, Section 3
Permissible Area.
the area so determined shall not exceed 21.8
hectares]:
Provided that—
(i) where land consists of two or more classes, the
permissible area shall be determined on the basis of
relative valuation of such classes of land, subject to the
condition that it does not exceed 21.8 hectares;
(ii) where the number of members of a family exceeds five,
the permissible area shall be increased by one-fifth of the
permissible area for each member in excess of five,
subject to the condition that additional land shall be
allowed for not more than three such members.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2),
where any land is comprised in an orchard 1[on the appointed day] such
land shall, for the purpose of determining the permissible area, be
treated as barani land.
2[(4) (a) Where a person is a member of a registered co-
operative farming society, his share in the land
held by such society together with his other
land, if any, or if such person is a member of a
family, together with the land held by every
member of the family shall be taken into
account for determining the permissible area;
(b) where a person is a member of a family, the
land held by such person together with the land
held by every other member of the family,
whether individually or jointly, shall be taken
into account for determining the permissible
area.]
(5) In determining the permissible area, any land which
was transferred by sale, gift or otherwise, other than a bona fide
sale or transfer, after the appointed day but before the
commencement of this Act, shall be taken into account as if such
1 Substituted for words “at the commencement of this Act” by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973,
Section 3
2 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973, Section 3
land had not been transferred and the onus of proving the transfer
as bona fide shall be on the transferor.
(6) For the purpose of valuation of land one and quarter
hectares of banjar land shall be treated as equivalent in value to one
hectare of barani land.
(7) For evaluating the land of any person at any time
under this Act, the land owned by him immediately before the
commencement of this Act as well as the land acquired by him
after such commencement by inheritance, bequest or gift from a
person to whom he is an heir shall be evaluated as if the evaluation
was being made on the appointed day and the land acquired by him
after such commencement in any other manner shall be evaluated
as if the evaluation was being made on the date of such acquisition.
5. 1[(1) Every person, who on the appointed day or at any time
thereafter, owns or hold land as landowner or mortgagee with
possession or tenant or partly in one capacity and partly in another
in excess of the permissible area, shall select his permissible area
and intimate his selection to the Collector, and where land is situate
in more than one district, to the Collectors concerned, through a
declaration, to be furnished in such form and manner and within
such period, as may be prescribed and if such person has an adult
son or adult daughter, he shall also be entitled to select separate
permissible area in respect of each such son or daughter, as the
case may be, out of the land owned or held by him, subject to the
condition that the land so selected together with the land already
owned or held by such son or daughter, shall not exceed the
permissible area of each such son or daughter:
Provided that where land is situated in more than one patwar
circle, the declaration shall be supported by an affidavit in the
prescribed form.]
(2) In making the selection, such a person shall include,
firstly, land mortgaged without possession and, secondly, land under
self-cultivation on the date of commencement of the period prescribed
for furnishing the declaration under sub-section (1), but shall not include
area declared surplus under the Punjab law, the Pepsu law or this Act,
1 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 15 of 2014, Section 2
Selection of
permissible area and
furnishing of
declaration buy
certain persons.
other than the area which was exempt from utilization by the State
Government immediately before such commencement.
6. If any person fails to furnish the declaration in accordance with
the provisions of section 5, the Collector shall obtain the requisite
information in the prescribed manner.
7. (1) On the basis of the information given in the declaration
furnished under section 5 or the information obtained under section 6, as
the case may be, and after making such inquiry as he may deem fit, the
Collector shall, by an order, determine the permissible area and the
surplus area of a landowner or a tenant, as the case may be.
1[(2) If any person referred to in sub-section (1) of section 5
fails to furnish the declaration or files a declaration containing
information which is false or which he knows or has reason to believe to
be false or which he does not believe to be true, he shall be punishable
with imprisonment which may extend to two years, or with fine which
may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.]
2[(3) *******]
(4) For the purpose of determining the surplus area of any
person,-
(i) any judgement, decree or order of a court or other
authority obtained 3 [on or after the appointed day] and
having the effect of diminishing the surplus area of such a
person;
(ii) a tenancy created 14[on or after the appointed day] in any
land which has been or could have been declared as
surplus area of such a person under the Punjab law, the
Pepsu law or this Act;
shall be ignored.
8. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, custom or
usage for the time being in force, but subject to the provisions of
section 15, the surplus area, declared as such under the Punjab law
or the Pepsu law, which has not been utilized till the
1 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 22 of 1976, Section 2
2 Omitted by Punjab Act No. 22 of 1976, Section 2
3 Substituted for words “after the commencement of this Act” by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973,
Section 5
Vesting of unutilized
surplus area in the
State Government.
Determination of
permissible and
surplus areas.
Collection of
information in case
declaration is not
furnished.
commencement of this Act and the surplus area declared as such
under this Act shall, on the date on which possession thereof is
taken by or on behalf of the State Government, vest in the State
Government free from all encumbrances and in the case of surplus
area of a tenant, which is included within the permissible area of
the landowner, the right and interest of the tenant in such area shall
stand terminated on the aforesaid date :
Provided that where any land falling within the surplus area
is mortgaged with possession, only the mortgagee rights shall vest
in the State Government.
9. (1) The Collector may, by an order in writing, after an
area has become surplus under the Punjab law or the Pepsu law or
becomes surplus under this Act, direct the landowner or tenant or
any other person in possession of such area to deliver possession
thereof, within ten days of the service of the order on him to such
person as may be specified in the order.
(2) If the landowner or tenant or any other person in
possession of such area refuses or fails without reasonable cause to
comply with the order made under sub-section (1), the Collector
may take possession of that area and may, for that purpose, use
such force as may be necessary.
10. (1) The Collector or the officer authorised by the State
Government in this behalf shall determine the amount to be paid
for the land which has vested in the State Government under
section 8, in accordance with the principles hereinafter set out, that
is to say-
(i) for the first three hectares of land, twelve times
the fair rent, subject to a maximum of five
thousand rupees per hectare ;
(ii) for the next three hectares of land, nine times
the fair rent, subject to a maximum of three
thousand seven hundred and fifty rupees per
hectare; and
Power to
take
possession
of surplus
area.
Amount
payable for
the surplus
area.
(iii) for the remaining land, six times the fair rent,
subject to a maximum of two thousand and five
hundred rupees per hectare.
Explanation. - For the purpose of this sub-section, 'fair rent'
shall mean the value of one-fifth of the gross produce of the land
determined in the prescribed manner by the Collector or the officer
authorised in this behalf by the State Government.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Collector or
the officer authorised by the State Government shall prepare a
statement in such form and manner as may be prescribed and shall,
after following the prescribed procedure, apportion the amount
amongst the persons, including tenants, having interests in the land.
(3) Where in the suplus area of any person mortgagee
rights have vested in the State Government, the amount payable to
the mortgagee shall be the mortgage money due to the mortgagee,
or the amount payable under this section, whichever is less.
(4) The amount shall be payable either in lump sum or in
half-yearly instalments not exceeding fifteen in the manner
prescribed :
Provided that the amount shall be applied firstly to discharge
Government dues, secondly to meet the claims of secured creditors
and then to pay the dues of other claimants.
11. (1) The surplus area, which has vested in the State
Government under section 8, shall be at the disposal of the State
Government.
(2) The State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, frame a scheme for utilizing the surplus area
under the Punjab law, the Pepsu law or this Act by,—
(a) conferment of rights of ownership on tenants in
respect of such land as is comprised in the
surplus area of the landowner of such a tenant;
and
(b) allotment to tenants, members of Scheduled
Castes and Backward Classes and landless
Disposal of
surplus area.
agricultural workers, of an area not exceeding
two hectares of the first quality land or
equivalent area, provided that the total area held
or owned by any such allottee, after the
allotment, shall not exceed two hectares of the
first quality land or equivalent area.
(3) Any scheme framed by the State Government under
sub-section (2) may provide for the terms and conditions on which
the rights of ownership are to be conferred on the tenants and also
the terms and conditions on which the land comprised in the
surplus area is to be allotted.
(4) The State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, add to, amend, vary or revoke any scheme made
under this section.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law
for the time being in force and save in the case of land acquired by
the State Government under any law for the time being in force or
by an heir by inheritance, no transfer or other disposition of land
which is comprised in the surplus area under the Punjab law, the
Pepsu law or this Act, shall affect the vesting thereof in the State
Government or its utilization under this Act.
(6) The utilization of any surplus area before the
commencement of this Act will not affect the right of the tenant to
purchase land in accordance with the provisions of section 15 or
the right of the landowner to receive rent from the tenant settled on
the surplus area till the tenant becomes the owner thereof.
(7) Where succession has opened after the surplus area or
any part thereof has been determined by the Collector, the saving
specified in favour of an heir by inheritance under sub-section (5)
shall not apply in respect of the area so determined.
12. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law,
custom, usage, contract or agreement, from and after the
commencement of this Act, no person, whether as landowner or
tenant, shall acquire or possess by transfer, exchange, lease,
agreement or settlement any land, which with or without the land
Bar on future
acquisition of land
in excess of
permissible area.
already owned or held by him, in the aggregate, exceeds the
permissible area :
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the land
held by a cooperative society if the land owned or held by an
individual member of the society, together with his share in the
land held by such a society, does not exceed the permissible area.
(2) Any transfer, exchange, lease, agreement or settlement
made in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be
null and void.
13. (1) Where a person owns land jointly with other persons
and his share of such land or part thereof has been or is to be
declared as surplus area, the Collector, of his own motion, may,
after summary enquiry and after affording to such a person an
opportunity of being heard, separate his share of such land or part
thereof in the land owned by him jointly with other persons.
(2) Where, after the declaration of the surplus area of any
person and before the utilization thereof, his land has been
subjected to the process of consolidation, the Collector shall also
be competent to separate the surplus area of such a person out of
the area of land obtained by him after consolidation in the manner
referred to in sub-section (1).
14. Notwithstanding any judgement, decree or order of any
court or authority, the provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to
lands belonging to any religious or charitable institution of a public
nature in existence immediately before the date of commencement
of this Act, but not belonging to the mahant, mohtamim or
manager thereof:
Provided that the exemption specified herein shall be
admissible till such time only as the land or income therefrom is
utilized for the specified purpose of such institution and shall not
be admissible to the lessees of such lands.
Explanation. - For the purpose of this section, 'religious or
charitable institution' means-
(i) a temple;
Power to
separate share
of landowners
in joint lands.
Exemption of
lands belonging
to religious or
charitable
institutions.
(ii) a gurdwara ;
(iii) a gaushala;
(iv) a wakf as defined in clause (ii) of section 3 of
the Wakf Act, 1954 (Act 29 of 1954) ; or
(v) Any other religious place of public nature.
CHAPTER III
MISCELLANEOUS
15. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a
tenant who was entitled to purchase the land comprised in his
tenancy, under section 18 of the Punjab law or section 22 of the
Pepsu law, as the case may be, immediately before the
commencement of this Act, shall be entitled to purchase such land
from the landowner on the same terms and conditions, as were
applicable immediately before such commencement:
Provided that—
(i) the amount payable by the tenant for the land
shall be equivalent to ninety times the land
revenue (including rates and cesses) payable for
such land or five hundred rupees per hectare,
whichever is less ; and
(ii) the procedure for purchase of such land shall be
as is specified hereinafter and the period of
limitation for exercise of such a right shall be
one year from the date of commencement of
this Act.
(2) An application for the purchase of land under sub-
section (1) shall be made to the Assistant Collector of the first
grade having jurisdiction who shall, after giving notice to the
landowner and after making enquiry in the prescribed manner,
determine the amount payable in respect thereof.
(3) The tenant may pay the amount determined under sub-
section (2) either in lump sum or in half-yearly instalments not
exceeding fifteen in the manner prescribed.
Saving of certain
rights of tenants to
purchase land.
(4) On the payment of the entire amount or the first
instalment thereof, as the case may be, the tenant shall be deemed
to have become the owner of the land and the Assistant Collector
shall, where the tenant is not already in possession of the land, put
him in possession thereof, subject to the provisions of the Punjab
Tenancy Act, 1887.
(5) If a default is committed in the payment of any of the
instalments, the entire outstanding balance shall, on application by
the person entitled to receive it, be recoverable as arrears of land
revenue.
(6) If the land is subject to mortgage at the time of
purchase, the land shall pass to the tenant unencumbered by the
mortgage, but the mortgage amount shall be a charge on the
purchase price.
16. (1) Any person who is in wrongful or unauthorised
possession of any land--
(a) the transfer of which either by the act of parties or by
the operation of law is invalid under the provisions of
this Act; or
(b) to the use and occupation of which he is not entitled
under the provisions of this Act;
may, on an application made within a period of one year of
such wrongful or unauthorised possession, and after summary
enquiry, be ejected by the Collector, who may also impose on such
person a penalty not exceeding one thousand rupees.
(2) The Collector may direct that the whole or any part of
the penalty imposed under sub-section (1) shall be paid to the
person who has sustained any loss or damage by the wrongful or
unauthorised possession of the land.
17. No decree or order of any court or authority and no notice of
ejectment shall be valid save to the extent to which it is consistent
with the provisions of this Act.
18. The provision in regard to appeal, review and revision under
this Act shall, so far as may be, be the same as provided in sections
Summary
eviction and
fine.
Abrogation of
pending decrees,
orders and
notices.
Appeal,
review and
revision.
80, 81, 82, 83 and 84 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of
1887).
19. Clerical and arithmetical mistakes in any order passed by
any officer or authority under this Act or errors arising therein
from any accidental slip or omission may at any time be corrected
by such officer or authority either of his own motion or on an
application received in this behalf from any of the parties.
20. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Court-fees Act,
1870 (VII of 1870), every application, appeal or other proceeding
under this Act shall bear a court-fee stamp of such value as may be
prescribed.
21. (1) Save as provided by or under this Act, the validity of
any proceedings or order taken or made under this Act shall not be
called in question in any court or before any other authority.
(2) No civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any
suit, or proceed with any suit instituted after the appointed day, for
specific performance of a contract for transfer of land which affects
the right of the State Government to the surplus area under this
Act.
22. No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against any
authority in respect of anything done in good faith in pursuance of
the provisions of this Act.
23. If, during the course of any proceedings under this Act, any
person makes a declaration or a statement or furnishes any
information which is false or which he knows or has reason to
believe to be false or which he does not believe to be true, he shall
be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to 1[two years,
or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees] or with
both.
24. Any amount payable under this Act including the amount of
penalty imposed under this Act may be recovered as arrears of land
revenue.
1 Substituted for words “six months or with fine which may extent to one thousand rupees” by
Punjab Act No. 22 of 1976, Section 3
Court-
fees.
Bar of
jurisdiction.
Indemnity.
Penalty for
making false
statements.
Mode of
recovery.
Correction of
clerical errors.
25. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of
this Act, the State Government may, by order published in the
Official Gazette, make such provision or give such directions not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appears to it to be
necessary or expedient for removing such a difficulty.
26. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this
Act.
(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as
soon as may be after it is made, before the House of the State
Legislature while it is in session for a total period of ten days
which may be comprised in one session or two successive sessions,
and if before expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the
session immediately following, the House agrees in making any
modification in the rule or the House agrees that the rule should not
be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified
form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any
such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the
validity of anything previously done under that rule.
27. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to -
(a) lands owned by or vested in the State Government
otherwise than under the provisions of this Act, or
lands taken on lease by the State Government;
(b) lands belonging to or vested in a local authority or the
Punjab Agricultural University or any corporation
owned or controlled by the Central Government or the
State Government;
(c) lands owned by or vested in or taken on lease by the
Central Government;
(d) lands owned by the Bhoodan Yagna Board under the
Punjab Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1955; and
(e) lands owned or held by an agricultural co-operative
credit society, Land Mortgage Bank, the State or
Central Co-operative Bank or any other bank;
Power to remove
difficulties.
Power to make
rules.
Exemption of
certain lands
from the
operation of the
Act.
1[(f) lands owned by an educational institution, recognised
by Government, which is engaged in the education
and research in agricultural sciences and has been
conducting such education and research on the
appointed day;
(g) lands owned by an educational trust of public nature
in existence on the appointed day:]
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a
lessee of any of the authorities or institutions referred to
above.
2[(h) land acquired by a person for non-agriculture purposes
and falling (within the Municipal area as defined in
clause (8-c) of section 3 of the Punjab Municipal Act,
1911 (Punjab Act No. 3 of 1911) or the urban area as
defined in clause (60) of section 2 of the Punjab
Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act No. 42
of 1976);
(i) land acquired by a person and put to non-agriculture
use, or land in respect of which permission, wherever
applicable, has been granted for its use for non-
agriculture purposes by the State Government;] and
3[(j) land not covered under clauses (h) and (i), acquired by
a person for non-agriculture purposes such as housing,
industrial, infrastructure projects, special economic
zones (SEZ), tourism units (hotels and resorts), public
utilities, warehousing, commercial, cultural,
recreational, sports, religious, institutional:
Provided that where land is acquired for non-
agriculture purposes as per provisions of clauses (h),
(i) or (j), such person would be required to intimate
such intention of change of land use for non-
agriculture purposes to the Collector within one year
from the date of publication of the Punjab Land
1 Added by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973, Section 6
2 Inserted by Punjab Act No. 32 of 2011, Section 2
3 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 19 of 2017, Section 3
Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2017 or within one year
from the date of acquisition of such land and in such
cases, the Collector, on receipt of such intimation,
shall cause the necessary entries to be recorded in the
revenue record to this effect.
Explanation, - For the purposes of clauses (h), (i) and
(j) of this section-
(i) where an agriculture activity is carried out
primarily as an activity subservient to a non-
agriculture activity or purpose of such person,
in such cases, such land shall be deemed to
have been acquired for non-agriculture
purposes; and
(ii) a person intending to carry out any
development on land covered under these
clauses, shall be required to obtain necessary
permission under the Punjab Regional and
Town Planning and Development Act, 1995 or
the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control
Act, 1952, as may be applicable.]
Explanation.—For the purposes of clause (e) "bank"
means a banking company as defined in section 5 of the
Banking Regulation Act, 1949, and includes the State Bank
of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955,
a subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India
(Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959, a corresponding new bank as
defined in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer
of Undertakings) Act, 1970, and Agricultural Refinance
Corporation constituted under the Agricultural Refinance
Corporation Act, 1963.
28. (1) The Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 and
the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, in so far as
these are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby
repealed.
Repeal and saving.
(2) The repeal of the enactments mentioned in sub-section
(1), hereinafter referred to as the said enactments, shall not affect—
(i) the proceedings for the determination of the
surplus area pending immediately before the
commencement of this Act, under either of the
said enactments, which shall be continued and
disposed of as if this Act had not been passed,
and the surplus area so determined shall vest in,
and be utilised by, the State Government in
accordance with the provisions of this Act :
Provided that such proceedings shall, as
far as may be, be continued and disposed of,
from the stage these were immediately before
the commencement of this Act, in accordance
with the procedure specified by or under this
Act 1[and the cases pending before the Pepsu
Land Commission immediately before the date
of commencement of this Act shall stand
transferred to the Collector of the district
concerned for disposal]:
Provided further that nothing in this
section shall affect the determination and
utilisation of the surplus area, other than the
surplus area referred to above, in accordance
with the provisions of this Act;
(ii) the previous operation of the said enactments or
anything duly done or suffered thereunder;
(iii) any right, privilege, obligation or liability
acquired, accrued or incurred under the said
enactments, in so far as such right, privilege,
obligation or liability is not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act and any proceeding or
remedy in respect of such right, privilege,
obligation or liability may be instituted,
1 Added by Punjab Act No. 40 of 1973, Section 7
continued or enforced as if this Act had not
been passed:
Provided that such proceeding or remedy
shall, as far as may be, be instituted, continued
or enforced in accordance with the procedure
specified by or under this Act.