Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holding Act, 1953
No: 5 Dated: Mar, 08 1954
Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holding Act, 1953
-: Preliminary :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the “U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953’’.
(2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remainder of the Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf and different dates may be appointed for different parts of Uttar Pradesh.
2. Repeal of U.P. Act VII of 1939. - The “U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1939’’, is hereby repealed.
3. Definitions. - In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context -
(1) “Assistant Consolidation Officer’’ means a person appointed as such by the State Government to exercise the powers and perform the duties of an Assistant Consolidation Officer under this Act or the Rules made thereunder and shall include an Assistant Rectangulation Officer;
(1-A) “chak’’ means the parcel of land allotted to a tenure-holder on consolidation;
(2) “Consolidation’’ means re-arrangement of holdings in a unit amongst several tenure-holders in such a way as to make their respective holdings more compact;
(2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remainder of the Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf and different dates may be appointed for different parts of Uttar Pradesh.
2. Repeal of U.P. Act VII of 1939. - The “U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1939’’, is hereby repealed.
3. Definitions. - In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context -
(1) “Assistant Consolidation Officer’’ means a person appointed as such by the State Government to exercise the powers and perform the duties of an Assistant Consolidation Officer under this Act or the Rules made thereunder and shall include an Assistant Rectangulation Officer;
(1-A) “chak’’ means the parcel of land allotted to a tenure-holder on consolidation;
(2) “Consolidation’’ means re-arrangement of holdings in a unit amongst several tenure-holders in such a way as to make their respective holdings more compact;