Bare ActsThe KARNATAKA LAND REFORMS ACT, 1961

Section 66

Filing of declaration of holding

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Filing of declaration of holding.—1[(1) 2[(a) Every person who on the date of commencement of the Amendment Act holds,— (i) ten acres or more of lands having facilities for irrigation from a source of water belonging to the State Government; or (ii) twenty acres or more of lands on which paddy crop can be grown with the help of rain water; or (iii) forty acres or more of lands classified as dry but not having any irrigation facilities from a source of water belonging to the State Government, shall on or before the 31st day of December 1974]2; (b) every person who acquires land in excess of the extent specified in clause (a) in any manner referred to in section 64; and (c) every person whose land is deemed to be in excess of the ceiling area under section 65A, shall, within the prescribed period, furnish a declaration to the Tahsildar within whose jurisdiction the holding of such person or the greater part thereof is situated containing the following particulars, namely:— (i) particulars of all the lands; (ii) particulars of the members of the family; and (iii) such other particulars as may be prescribed. 2[(1A) Where a person holds different categories of land mentioned in clause (a) of sub- section (1), the total extent of lands held by such person shall, for purposes of this section, be determined by converting all categories of land into any one category in accordance with the following formula, namely:— One acre of land referred to in category (i)=two acres of land referred to in category (ii)=four acres of land referred to in category (iii).]2]1

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