Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non-Proprietors in Abadi Deh Act, 1995

From: 1995-02-03 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for the conferment of proprietary rights on non-proprietors in the abadi deh. WHEREAS it is expedient to confer proprietary rights on non-proprietors in the abadi deh in conformity with the injunctions of Islam as set out in the Holy Quran and Sunnah; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non-proprietors in Abadi Deh Act, 1995. (2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context– (1) “abadi deh” means and includes an area which is recorded as abadi deh in the record of rights prepared under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967(XVII of 1967) but does not include an urban area; [2][(2) “Collector” means the Collector of a District appointed under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes an officer authorized by the Government to exercise the powers of the Collector; (3) “Commissioner” means a Commissioner of a Division appointed under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes an Additional Commissioner;] (4) [3][* * * * * * * * * * * *] (5) “house” means building or structure used for residential purposes and includes a court-yard; (6) “land” means and includes an area under a house in the abadi deh, but does not include any area reserved for a street, a lane, a playground, a school, a mosque or other place of worship, a graveyard, a drinking well or a pond meant for the village community; (7) “non-proprietor” means an inhabitant of a village who ordinarily resides in the abadi deh of that village and who under any law or custom or usage having the force of law, in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, is not a co-sharer in the abadi deh in which his house is situated; and (8) “Urban area” means urban area as defined in clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance. 1979 (VI of 1979). 3. Conferment of Proprietary rights in land on non-proprietors.– Notwithstanding anything to the contrary…