The Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959
odisha · 1959
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- S. 1Section 1 specifies the areas and dates when sections 2 to 47 of the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959, came into force.
- S. 2Substitutd*' the Orisga Survey and Sottlcmtnt - (Amcodrt~~~l and
- S. 3Substituted by ibld, s
- S. 4Section 4 authorizes the Board of Revenue to appoint survey officers for the purposes of the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act.
- S. 5'Substitutd by Ibid, s 2 (el
- S. 6(1) After the issue of the proclamation under subsection (I); - of s&tion 5 the Survey OEcer, or his subor
- S. 7Subslitutad by ibM
- S. 8Section 8 mandates landowners to maintain survey marks, with the Collector recovering costs if they fail.
- S. 9111 The whole or sdch aortion of the' costs as Of may b; brdezcd in respect of survey made on the survey
- S. 10Section 10 is omitted; Section 11 grants government power to prepare records of rights.
- S. 11Sub3citut~d by iw
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- S. 15The Board of Revenue may in any case direct- Rtvtion by mcrd or (a) of its own motion the revision of any record
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- S. 17Section 17 specifies that applicants bear the cost for preparing records of rights, with government authority to prescribe cost assessment and recovery methods.
- S. 18(1) The Government may at any time, direct or mt
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- S. 23Incorporation of settled ient in the record-of-rights and k a l publication thereof
- S. 25The Board of ~ e v e n u e may, in any case - the Board id Revenue
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- S. 27Section 27 deems rents settled under certain sections as correctly and fair, incorporated in final records.
- S. 28When any rent is settled 9* * whichsettld under this Chapter it shall take effect from the begin- rent takes cfiset
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- S. 30The section allows the government to make rules exempting certain proceedings under this Act from the Code of Civil Procedure.
- S. 31Section 31 grants Settlement Officers, District Collectors, and the Board of Revenue specific powers to manage and redistribute revenue cases.
- S. 32Section 32 allows the Board of Revenue to review and revise decisions of officers when serious legal errors or miscarriages of justice occur.
- S. 33The Government may by notification, POW^^
- S. 34Subject to the provisions of the next foUowing Or
- S. 35Section 35 limits the time for filing claims under the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act to those allowed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908.
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- S. 40Section 40 provides immunity from lawsuits for actions done in good faith under the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959.
- S. 41Section 41 of the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959 allows officers to correct clerical or arithmetical mistakes in records, barring suits against survey orders, except for specific entries or omissions.
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- S. 43Section 43 empowers the Government to make rules for implementing the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959, including procedures and fees.
- S. 44substituted on and with eEcct from the 24th day of Mzrch, 1976, nan-cly: - "a
- S. 45Section 45 repeals specific laws and enactments in merged territories conflicting with the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959.
- S. 46Section 46 preserves ongoing legal proceedings and government cost recovery rights under previous laws, while section 46-A assigns powers to officers appointed under this act.
- S. 47The section allows the government to take necessary actions to resolve difficulties in implementing the Act.
- S. 1928' sect ion 6, 7, 8, 9, 19 and 20 shall apply to all appeals and applications mcn tioned in section 34