Punjab Security of Land Tenures (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2017
No: 2 Dated: Feb, 11 2021
THE PUNJAB SECURITY OF LAND TENURES (HARYANA AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017
AN ACT
further to amend the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, in its application to the State of Haryana.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :–
1. This Act may be called the Punjab Security of Land Tenures (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2017.
2. In clause (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 (hereinafter in called the principal Act),-
(i) for the sign “.” existing at the end, the sign and word “ ; or” shall be substituted; and
(ii) after clause (vii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(viii) has the tenancy for a fixed term supported by a registered agreement entered into by the landowner and the tenant and such term has expired.”.
3. In the last proviso to section 9A of the principal Act, -
(i) for the sign “.” existing at the end, the sign “:” shall be substituted; and
(ii) after the last proviso, the following provisos shall be added, namely:-
“Provided further that the tenant, whose tenancy is for a fixed term supported by a registered agreement entered into by the landowner and the tenant and such term has expired shall not be entitled to the benefit of this section:
Provided further that if the tenant is a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013), it shall not be entitled to claim benefit under this section.”.
4. In section 17 of the principal Act,-
(i) the existing section shall be renumbered as sub-section (1); and
(ii) after sub-section (1) so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be added, namely:-
“(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not be applicable where the tenancy is for a fixed term supported by a registered agreement entered into by the landowner and the tenant and such term has expired.”
5. After sub-section (1) of section 18 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
“(1-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the tenant is a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013), it shall not be entitled to purchase land from the landowner under this section.”
6. After section 18 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
“18A. Provisions of Section 18 not to apply to tenancy for a fixed term.- The provisions of section 18 shall not be applicable where the tenancy is for a fixed term supported by a registered agreement entered into by the landowner and the tenant and such term has expired.”.