The Assam Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1959
ASSAM ACT XV OF 1959

TH E ASSAM LAND AND RE VE NU E REG ULA TION (AM END MENT)

ACT, 1959

(Received the assent of the Governor on the 14th May 1959)

(Passed by the Assembly)

(Published in the _Assam Gazette, dated the 20th May 1959]_

_An_

_Act_

furthe r to amend the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886

P ream b le .— Whereas it is expedient further to am end the Assam Land

an d Revenue Regulation, 1886, hereinafter called the said Regulation,
in the m anner hereinafter appearing ; (Regulation I of 1886).

It is hereby enacted in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as

follows.—

1. Short tit le , ex tent and c om m ence m ent — (I) This Act may be

called the Assam Land and Revenue R egulation (Amendm ent) Act, 1959.

(2) It shall have the like application as the Assam Land and Revenue

Regulation, 1886.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. A m endm ent of se ctio n 3 of Reg ula tion I o f 1886. -In section 3

of the said Regulation, after clause (1) the following new clause («) shall
be inserted, namely—

“ (m) ‘‘Deputy Commissioner” includes and shall be deemed always to

have included the Additional Deputy Commissioner.”

3. A m endm ent o f secti on 34 o f th e R egula ti on I of 1886.—In sec­

tion 34 of the said Regulation,—(I) the semi-colon after the word “be ha lf”
shall be substituted by colon and the words and punctua tion “or, at the
expiry of that term no new settlem ent has been made, until a new settle­
ment has been made shall be deleted.

(2) in the proviso the following new clause (a) shall be inserted and

the existing clauses (a), _(b) and (c) shall be re-numbered as clauses (Z>), (c)_

and (d) respectively, namely—

“ (a) the revenue shall be liable to revision according to the law for

the time being in force.”

_[Price '06 nP. or !</.]_

Z\GP (Leg) n /5 9—1550—19-10-59.


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