Kerala Service Inam Lands (Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1981
No: 17 Dated: Jul, 25 1981
Kerala Service Inam Lands (Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1981
(Act 17 of 1981)
An Act to provide for the vesting and enfranchisement, of Service Inam lands in the State of Kerala.
Whereas it is necessary in the public interest to provide for the vesting and enfranchisement of Service Inam lands in the State of Kerala by abolition of all services attached to such lands and for matters incidental or ancillary thereto;
BE it enacted in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Service Inam Lands (Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1981.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "appointed day" means the day on which this Act comes into force;
(b) 'holding" means any parcel or parcels of Service Inam land held by a single landholder;
(c) "landholder" means a person holding Service Inam land.
Explanation.-Where any service Inam land is in the possession of a person, other than the person to whom the land was granted for performing services or any of his successors-in-interest, the person in possession of the land shall be deemed to be the landholder for the purposes of this Act;
(d) "land owner" means the owner of Service Inam land;
(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) "Service Inam land" means land held under a tenure to which some specific service or obligation in the shape of personal labour or supply of provisions is attached and includes land held under Viruthi, Oozhiyam, Karanma or Erayili tenure;
(g) "Settlement Officer" means the Settlement Officer appointed under section 13;
(h) "to hold" means to be in actual possession;
(i) the expressions 'ceiling area" and "family" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964).