Delhi Lands (Restrictions on Transfer) Act, 1972
No: 30 Dated: Jun, 14 1972
THE DELHI LANDS (RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) ACT, 1972
ACT NO. 30 OF 1972
An Act to impose certain restrictions on transfer of lands which have been acquired by the Central Government or in respect of which acquisition proceedings have been initiated by that Government, with a view to preventing large-scale transactions of purported transfers or, as the case may be, transfers of such lands to unwary public.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Delhi Lands (Restrictions on Transfer) Act, 1972.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Delhi.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Administrator” means the administrator of the Union territory of Delhi appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(b) “competent authority” means any person or authority authorised by the Administrator, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Act for such areas as may be specified in the notification;
(c) “Development Act” means the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957);
(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) “Scheme” means the scheme of acquisition of land for the planned development of Delhi and includes any scheme, project or work to be implemented in pursuance of the provisions of the Delhi Master Plan as approved by the Central Government under sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Development Act.
3. Prohibition on transfer of lands acquired by Central Government.—No person shall purport to transfer by sale, mortgage, gift, lease or otherwise any land or part thereof situated in the Union territory of Delhi, which has been acquired by the Central Government under the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (1 of 1984), or under any other law providing for acquisition of land for a public purpose.
4. Regulation on transfer of lands in relation to which acquisition proceedings have been initiated.—No person shall, except with the previous permission in writing of the competent authority, transfer or purport to transfer by sale, mortgage, gift, lease or otherwise any land or part thereof situated in the Union territory of Delhi, which is proposed to be acquired in connection with the Scheme and in relation to which a declaration to the effect that such land or part thereof is needed for a public purpose having been made by the Central Government under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), the Central Government has not withdrawn from the acquisition under section 48 of that Act.