Section 1 - Short title
PUNJAB OCCUPANCY TENANTS
VESTING OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955
Preamble - PUNJAB OCCUPANCY TENANTS VESTING
OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955
THE PUNJAB OCCUPANCY TENANTS VESTING OF
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955
[Act No. 13 of 1955]
[08th November, 1955]
PREAMBLE
An Act to amend the Punjab Occupancy Tenants
(Vesting of Proprietary Rights) Act, 1952 (Punjab Act VIII of 1953).
Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Sixth Year of the
Republic of India as follows:--
Section 1 - Short title
This
Act may be called the Punjab Occupancy Tenants (Vesting of Proprietary Rights)
(Amendment) Act, 1955.
Section 2 - Amendment of section 5 of Punjab Act VIII of 1953
In
clause (b) of section 5 of the Punjab Occupancy Tenants (Vesting of Proprietary
Rights) Act, 1952 (Punjab Act VIII of 1953)--
(i)
after the word 'land', where it occurs for
the second time, the following words shall be inserted and shall be deemed
always to have been so inserted, namely:--"and subject to the condition
that it shall in no case exceed a quarter of the market value of the
land," ; and
(ii)
the provisos appearing after sub-clause (ii)
and sub-clause (iii) shall be omitted and shall be deemed always to have been
so omitted.