Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) For the purpose of carrying into effect the provision of this Act, any officer, not below the rank of a Deputy Tahsildar authorised by the Government in this behalf (hereinafter in this section referred to as the authorised officer) may, by notice, require any person to furnish any information relating to the extent of land held by such person the number of members of the family, if any, of such person, and such other particulars as may be prescribed. The person aforesaid shall furnish the information to such officer within such time as may be specified in the notice or within such further time not exceeding thirty days as the authorised officer may, in his discretion, allow. (2) (a) Where any person on whom notice under sub-section (1) has been served fails to furnish the information within the time specified in that notice or within the further time allowed by the authorised officer under sub-section (1), the authorised officer may obtain, in such manner as may be prescribed, the necessary information either by himself or through such agency as he thinks fit. (b) the authorised officer shall, as soon as may be after obtaining the information under clause (a), give to the person concerned a reasonable opportunity of making his representation and of adducing evidence, if any, in respect of such information and consider any such representation and evidence and pass such orders as he deems fit. Appointment of officers for certain purposes *[ 115A. (1) The Government may appoint an officer not below the rank of a Revenue Inspector for bringing to the notice of the Land Tribunal or the Land Board any fact or information required by the Land Tribunal or the Land Board, as the case may be, or for moving the Land Tribunal or the Land Board for taking any action under the provisions of this Act. (2) The Land Tribunal or the Land Board may depute the officer appointed under sub-section (1) to make local enquiry, investigation or inspection and to collect any data, and the report and the records submitted by such officer may be used, without examining him, as evidence in the proceedings before the Land Tribunal or the Land Board. (3) The Land Tribunal or the Land Board may, if it thinks fit, summon and examine any officer referred to in sub-section (2).] ________________________________________________________________________ * Amended vide Act No.1 of 1981 w.e.f 1-4-1981vide Notification published in the Extraordinary Gazette No.32 dated 30.03.1981. 187 Special provisions relating to leases for commercial or industrial purposes *[ 116. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in any other law, or in any contract, or in any decree or order of court, where on any land leased for commercial or industrial purpose, the lessee has constructed buildings for such commercial or industrial purpose before the 1st March, 1971, he shall not be liable to be evicted from such land, but shall be liable to pay rent under the contract of tenancy, and such rent shall be liable to be varied every twelve years. Explanation. – For the purposes of this section, --- (a) “lessee” includes a legal representative or an assignee of the lessee; and (b) “building” means a permanent or a temporary building and includes a shed. (2) The lessor or the lessee may apply to such authority as may be prescribed for varying the rent referred to in sub-section (1), and thereupon such authority may, after taking into consideration such matters as may be prescribed and after giving the lessor and the lessee an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders on the application as it deems fit. (3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall apply to lands owned or held by the Government of the Union territory of Puducherry or the local authority. Special provisions relating to buildings used by kudikidappukars for commercial or industrial purposes