West Bengal Restoration of Alienated Land Act, 1973
No: 23 Dated: May, 05 1973
THE WEST BENGAL RESTORATION OF ALIENATED LAND ACT, 1973
West Bengal Act XXIII of 1973
An Act to provide for the restoration of land alienated under certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the restoration of land alienated under certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith;
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. Short title and extent. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Restoration of Alienated Land Act, 1973.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context -
(1) "Collector" means the Collector of a district or any other officer (superior in rank to the Special Officer against whose order an appeal is preferred) appointed by the State Government to discharge the functions of a Collector under this Act, and includes the Additional District Magistrate, the Sub-Divisional Officer and the Additional Sub-Divisional Officer within their respective jurisdiction;
(2) "land" means agricultural land and includes homestead, tank, well and water-channel;
(3) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(4) "Special Officer" means a Block Development Officer and includes any other officer (not superior in rank to a Block Development Officer) appointed by the Commissioner of a Division to discharge within the Division the functions of a Special Officer under this Act.
3. Act to override other law, etc. - The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force:
Provided that nothing in this Act shall apply to any land which is evacuee property under section 3 of the West Bengal Evacuee Property Act, 1951.