The Mizoram Survey & Record Operations Act, 1994
mizoram · 1994
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- S. 2Section 2 defines key terms used in the Mizoram Survey & Record Operations Act, 1994, including roles and authorities related to land surveying and records.
- S. 3Section 3 of the Mizoram Survey & Record Operations Act, 1994 authorizes the State Government to appoint Directors and Survey Officers for land survey and record management.
- S. 4Section 4 authorizes the Director to declare specified lands unsurveyed via government notification.
- S. 5Section 5 allows the State Government to order revisions of surveyed land records in Mizoram.
- S. 6(1) When any Survey or Record Operation is ordered under section 4 or sec- tion 5
- S. 7Section 7 allows the Mizoram government to defer payment for specified survey operations initially.
- S. 8Every Survey Officer shall be bound to carry out the survey and record operation in the manner prescribed
- S. 9Section 9 grants Survey Officers and their assistants authority to enter, survey, and mark any land for official proceedings.
- S. 10Section 10 grants Survey Officers power to record undisputed boundaries and notify affected landholders.
- S. 11Section 11 resolves disputed boundaries by a Survey Officer's decision and notifies affected parties.
- S. 12Section 12 mandates the Survey Officer to prepare survey maps and records, and to resolve boundary disputes by documenting them.
- S. 13Section 13 mandates the Survey Officer to create a record-of-rights for each village or village portion in surveyed or recorded areas.
- S. 14Section 14 mandates the preparation of a detailed land record by the State Government, including landholder details, interests, and payments.
- S. 15Section 15 mandates that undisputed entries in records must be attested and disputes resolved by the Survey Officer, without barring claims in civil courts.
- S. 16Section 16 finalizes survey operations by notifying completion and presumes records correct after objections are resolved.
- S. 17Section 17 mandates the supply of a patta pass book to registered land holders with details of land rights, revenue payments, and crop areas.
- S. 18Section 18 mandates individuals to provide necessary information or documents for land records within 30 days or face a penalty.
- S. 19Section authorizes officers to establish and maintain boundary marks and assess costs for surveyed lands.
- S. 20Section 20 mandates landholders to maintain boundary marks and village councils to prevent unauthorized changes to village boundaries.
- S. 21Section penalizes willful erasure, removal, damage, or alteration of boundary marks with imprisonment up to one year or fine.
- S. 22Section 22 mandates land survey fee payment to the survey authority, with unpaid fees treated as land revenue arrears.
- S. 23There shall be maintained for every village a register of mutation in such form as may be prescribed
- S. 24(1) Any person acquiring by succession, survivorship
- S. 25(1) There shall be maintained for every village a register of disputed cases in such form as may be prescribed
- S. 26Section 26 mandates the deposit, maintenance, and periodic revision of survey documents approved by the State Government in Mizoram.
- S. 27Section 27 allows public inspection and certified copies of survey documents, with fees set by the State Government.
- S. 28Section 28 allows the State Government to cancel Patta Pass Books for various reasons including incompetence, court orders, non-entitlement, false claims, non-payment of dues, and unauthorized land use.
- S. 29The section allows the State Government to exempt certain areas or types of land from the Act's provisions via notification.
- S. 30Section 30 allows recovery of costs, fines, and expenses as land revenue arrears unless otherwise specified.
- S. 31Section 31 grants the Director and Survey Officers powers equivalent to a Civil Court for surveys, boundary demarcation, and record preparation.
- S. 32Section 32 protects government officials from legal action for good faith actions under the Act.
- S. 33(1) The Government may, after previous publication on the Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act
- S. 1994(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Mizoram