Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The assessment of land revenue on any land shall be made, or shall be deemed to have been made, as the case may be. With reference to the use of land- (a) for the purpose of agriculture; (b) as sites for dwelling houses; (c) for industrial or commercial purposes; (d) for any other purpose. (2) No land assessed for use for any one purpose shall be diverted to any other purpose without the previous permission of the Sub- Divisional Officer. (3) Where land assessed for use for any one purpose is diverted to any other purpose, the land revenue payable upon such land shall, not- withstanding that the term for which the assessment may have been fixed has not expired, be liable to be altered and assessed in accordance with the purpose to which it had been diverted. Variation of land revenue according to purpose for which land used 12 (4) Where any land held free from the payment of land revenue on condition of being used for any purpose is diverted to any other purpose it shall become liable to the payment of land revenue and shall be assessed in accordance with the purpose to which it has been diverted. (5) The assessment made under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) shall be in accordance with the rule made under this Regulation. (6) Where any land used for any purpose is diverted to any other purpose, and land revenue is assessed thereon under the provisions of this section, the Sub-Divisional Officer shall also have power to impose a premium on the diversion in accordance with the rules made under this Regulation. Provided that no premium shall be imposed for the diversion of any land for charitable purposes.