Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883
No: 19 Dated: Oct, 12 1883
THE LAND IMPROVEMENT LOANS ACT, 1883
ACT NO. 19 OF 1883
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to loans of money by the Government for agricultural improvements.
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to loans of money by the Government for agricultural improvements;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—
1. Short title.—(1) This Act may be called the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883.
(2) Local extent. Commencement.—It extends to the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States], but shall not come into force in any part of [the territories to which this Act extends] until such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
2. Acts 26 of 1871 and 21 of 1876 repealed.—(1) The Land Improvement Act, 1871, and Act XXI of 1876 (An Act to amend the Land Improvement Act, 1871), shall, except as regards the recovery of advances made before this Act comes into force and costs incurred by the Government in respect of such advances, be repealed.
(2) When in any Act, Regulation or Notification passed or issued before this Act comes into force, reference is made to either of those Acts, the reference shall, so far as may be practicable, be read as applying to this Act or the corresponding part of this Act.
3. “Collector” defined.—In this Act, “Collector” means the Collector of land-revenue of a district, or the Deputy Commissioner, or any officer empowered by the State Government by name or by virtue of his office to discharge the functions of a Collector under this Act.
4. Purposes for which loans may be granted under this Act.—(1) Subject to such rules as may be made under section 10, loans may be granted under this Act, by such officer as may, from time to time, be empowered in this behalf by the State Government, for the purpose of making any improvement, to any person having a right to make that improvement, or, with the consent of that person, to any other person.
(2) “Improvement” means any work which adds to the letting value of land, and includes the following, namely:-
(a) the construction of wells, tanks and other works for the storage, supply or distribution of water for the purposes of agriculture, or for the use of men and cattle employed in agriculture;
(b) the preparation of land for irrigation;
(c) the drainage, reclamation from rivers or other waters, or protection from floods or from erosion or other damage by water, of land used for agricultural purposes or wasteland which is culturable;
(d) the reclamation, clearance, enclosure or permanent improvement of land for agricultural purposes;
(e) the renewal or reconstruction of any of the foregoing works, or alterations therein or additions thereto; and
(f) such other works as the State Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be improvements for the purposes of this Act.