Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Added vide Section 2 (b) of Act No.12 of 1997. 1[8-A. Utilization of land for development of the State.- Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 8 of the Act, the State Government 2[or any other officer authorized by the State government in this behalf] may utilize any area of the land vested in it under the Act 3[by transfer whether by way of lease or exchange to any person] or by transfer to any department of the Government in the interests of the development in the interests of the development of the State, if the State Government 2[or the officer authorized by it] is satisfied that there are sufficient reasons to do so subject to the condition that land for the purposes mentioned in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 8 in no case shall be less than fifty percent of the land vested in the Government under the Act: Provided that when lands not used by a person for the purpose for which it has been leased, the lease shall stand terminated free from all encumbrances and the Government shall re-enter on the demised premises and lease money if paid to the Government, shall be forfeited and no person shall be entitled to any compensation for any improvement made and for any building constructed thereunder. 4[8-B. Conferment of proprietary rights on Chakotadars.- Not-withstanding anything contained in sections 4 and 5 of this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, frame a scheme providing for conferment of proprietary rights on Chakotadars, who have been leased out lands on Chakota basis by the Panchayats under the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, before the commencement of this Act.]