Act 9 of 1969

Preamble

GOVERNMENT OF GOA Law and Judicial Department Notification LD/2-A/4/68 The following Act passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu which received the Assent of the President of India on the 31st July, 1969 is hereby published for general information. M. S. Borkar, Under Secretary (Law). Panaji, 1st September, 1969. 10th Bhadra, 1891. The Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968 (Act No. 9 of 1969) AN ACT can diaCode to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Land and Land Revenue in the State of Goa. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to land and land revenue in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and to provide for matters connected therewith; Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :- CHAPTER I Preliminary

Sections

Type to filter. 201 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
2. 2Definitions
3. 3Power to create, alter or abolish districts, sub-divisions, etc
4. 4Appointment of revenue and survey officers
5. 5Chief controlling authority in revenue matters
6. 6Function of the Collector and certain other revenue officers
7. 7Village accountant
8. 8Village officer to keep such records as may be prescribed
9. 9Settlement and survey officers
10. 10Subordination of revenue officers
11. 11Combination of offices
12. 12Notification of appointments
13. 13Seals
14. 14Title of Government to lands, etc
15. 15
16. 16Rights to trees, forest, etc
17. 17Recovery of value of trees, etc., unauthorisedly appropriated
18. 18
19. 19
20. 20Classes of holders of land
21. 21Grant of land
22. 22Grant of alluvial land vesting in 22[ *** ] Government
23. 23Disposal of intestate occupancies
24. 24Occupancy to be transferable and heritable subject to certain restrictions
25. 25Occupant's rights are conditional
26. 26Powers to grant lease
27. 27Occupant to pay land revenue and Government lessee to pay rent fixed
28. 28Saving of powers of Government
29. 29
30. 30Permission for non-agricultural use
31. 31Restriction on use
32. 32Procedure for conversion of use of land from one purpose to another
33. 33Penalty for so using land without permission
34. 34Responsibility of tenant or other person for wrongful use
35. 35Power of Government to exempt lands from provisions of sections 30, 32, 33 or 34
36. 36
37. 37
38. 37BRestriction on transfer of occupancy of Land
39. 39Value and land revenue how calculated
40. 40
41. 41Forfeiture and removal of property left over after summary eviction
42. 42Relinquishment
43. 43Right of way to relinquished land
44. 44
45. 45Liability of land to land revenue
46. 46Land revenue to be a paramount charge on the land
47. 47Forfeited holdings may be taken possession of and otherwise disposed
48. 48
49. 49Alluvial lands
50. 50Land revenue in case of diluvion
51. 51Assessment of land to land revenue
52. 52Reduction, suspension or remission of land revenue
53. 53Responsibility for payment of land revenue
54. 54Receipts for land revenue
55. 55Revenue survey, settlement and term of settlement
56. 56Government to direct revenue survey
57. 57
58. 58Assistance to be given by holders and others in measurement or classification of lands
59. 59Survey numbers and villages
60. 60Entry of survey numbers and sub-divisions in records
61. 61Partition
62. 62Division of survey numbers into new survey numbers
63. 63Continuance of survey operations at commencement of Code
64. 64Limit of sites of villages, towns and cities how to be fixed
65. 65City survey how to be conducted
66. 66
67. 67Sanad to be granted without extra charge
68. 68Power of Government to direct original or revision settlement of land revenue of any lands
69. 69Assessment how determined
70. 70
71. 71Settlement Officer, how to proceed for making a settlement
72. 72Settlement report to be printed and published
73. 73Submission of settlement report to Government and Government orders thereon
74. 74Powers of Government to place surcharge or grant rebate after every ten years
75. 75Introduction or settlement
76. 76Publication of table of revenue rates
77. 77Preparation of statistical and fiscal records
78. 78Term of settlement
79. 79Assessment on individual survey number and sub-division
80. 80Additional assessment for water advantages
81. 81Continuance of settlement operations at commencement of Code
82. 82Power of Collector to correct errors, etc
83. 83
84. 84Procedure for determining non-agricultural assessment of lands in non-urban areas
85. 85Procedure for determining non-agricultural assessment in urban areas
86. 86
87. 87Power of Collector to fix standard rate of non-agricultural assessment
88. 88Rate of assessment of lands used for non-agricultural purposes
89. 89Date of commencement of non-agricultural assessment
90. 90Term of assessment fixed under sections 84 to 88
91. 91Lands exempt from payment of non-agricultural assessment
92. 92Revocation of exemption
93. 93Non-agricultural assessment of lands wholly exempt from payment of land revenue
94. 94Preparation of record of rights
95. 95Record of rights
96. 96
97. 97
98. 98Register of cultivators and crops
99. 99Obligation to furnish information
100. 100
101. 101Requisition of assistance in preparation of maps
102. 102Intimation of transfer by registering officers
103. 103Correction of clerical errors
104. 104Land records
105. 105Presumption of correctness of entries in record of rights and register of mutations
106. 106Bar of suits
107. 107Record of rights at commencement of Code
108. 108Maps and other records open to inspection
109. 109Power to transfer duty of maintaining maps and records to settlement officers
110. 110Fixation and demarcation of boundaries
111. 111Determination of village boundaries
112. 112Determination of field boundaries
113. 113Disputes regarding boundaries between villages, survey numbers and sub-divisions
114. 114Demarcation of boundaries of survey number or sub-division
115. 115Effect of settlement of boundaries
116. 116Construction and repair of boundary marks of survey number and villages etc
117. 117Responsibility for maintaining boundary marks
118. 118Collector to have charge of boundary marks
119. 119Penalty for injuring boundary marks
120. 120Claims of Government to have precedence over all others
121. 121Payment of Land Revenue
122. 122Arrear of land revenue
123. 123Recovery of arrears
124. 124Notice of demand
125. 125Distraint and sale of defaulter's movable property
126. 126Resort to other processes
127. 127Holding for which arrear is due may be forfeited
128. 128Sale of defaulter's immovable property
129. 129Arrest and detention of defaulter
130. 130Power to arrest by whom to be exercised
131. 131But all processes to be stayed on security being given
132. 132Sale to be by auction
133. 133Procedure in effecting sales
134. 134Notification of sales
135. 135
136. 136Postponement of sale
137. 137Sale of perishable articles
138. 138When sale may be stayed
139. 139Sales of movable property when liable to confirmation
140. 140Mode of payment for movable property when sale is concluded at once
141. 141Mode of payment when sale is subject to confirmation
142. 142Deposit by purchaser in case of sale of immovable property
143. 143Purchase money when to be paid
144. 144Effect of default
145. 145Liability of purchaser for loss by resale
146. 146Notification before re-sale
147. 147Setting aside sales of movables
148. 148Application to set aside sale of immovables
149. 149Order confirming or setting aside sale
150. 150Purchaser may apply to set aside sale under certain circumstances
151. 151Application to set aside sale by person owning or holding interest in property
152. 152Refund of deposit or purchase-money when sale set aside
153. 153
154. 154Bar of suit against certified purchaser
155. 155Application of proceeds of sale
156. 156Surplus not to be paid to creditors except wider order of court
157. 157Certified purchaser liable only for land revenue subsequently due
158. 158Purchaser's title
159. 159Claims to attached property how to be disposed of
160. 160
161. 161Purchase on nominal bid
162. 162Sum recoverable under provisions of this Chapter
163. 163Recovery of free grants as arrear of revenue in case of misuse
164. 164Recovery of moneys from surety
165. 165Revenue Court
166. 166Place of hearing
167. 167Powers to enter upon and survey land
168. 168Power to transfer cases
169. 169Power to transfer cases to and from subordinates
170. 170Power to take evidence, summon witnesses, etc
171. 171
172. 172
173. 173Mode of serving notice
174. 174Procedure for attendance of witnesses
175. 175Hearing in absence of party
176. 176Adjournment of hearing
177. 177Mode of taking evidence in formal inquiries
178. 178Writing and explanation of decisions
179. 179Summary inquiries how to be conducted
180. 180Formal and summary inquiries to be deemed judicial proceedings
181. 181Ordinary inquiries how to be conducted
182. 182Copies and translations, etc., how to be obtained
183. 183Arrest of defaulter to be made upon warrant
184. 184Collector how to proceed in order to evict any person wrongfully in possession of land
185. 185Power to give and apportion costs
186. 186Appearances before and applications to revenue officers
187. 187Correction of error or omission
188. 188Appeals
189. 189Limitation of appeals
190. 190Copy of order to accompany petition of appeal
191. 191Power of appellate authority
192. 192Revision
193. 193Review of orders
194. 194Appeal passed against review or revision
195. 195Application of limitation Act, 1963
196. 196Stay of execution of orders
197. 197Rules as to decisions or orders expressly made final
198. 198Delegation of powers
199. 199Power to make rules
200. 200Penalty for breach of rules
201. 201Repeal

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