Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Fragmentation of Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960
No: 25 Dated: May, 10 1960
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR PREVENTION OF FRAGMENTATION OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT, 1960
(Act No. XXV of 1960)
An Act, to provide for prevention of fragmentation of agricultural holdings in the Jammu and Kashmir State.
Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follow :
CHAPTER-I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act, may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Fragmentation of Agricultural Holdings act, I960.
(2) It extends to the whole of Jammu and Kashmir State.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force in such area and from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, appoint in this behalf and different dates may be appointed for coming into force of different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions. - (1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "fragment" means a plot of land of less extent then the approximate "standard area" determined under this Act:
Provided that no plot of land shall be deemed to be a "fragment" by reason of any diminution in its area by delusion;
(b) "standard area" in respect of any class of land means the area which the Government may, from time to time, determine under section 4 as the minimum area necessary for profitable cultivation in any particular notified area and includes a standard area revised under the said section;
(c) "notified area" means any area notified as such under section 3;
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) "tenant" means a tenant as defined in the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, Samvat 1980 who held land on 22nd of August, 1959 and has since that day been continuously holding it as such.
(2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Jammu and Kashmir land Revenue Act, Samvat 1966, the Tenancy Act, Samvat 1980 or any other law for the time being in force.