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The Displaced (Land ACT, 1958

1. The Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act of 1958 provides for the permanent settlement of displaced persons on land and incidental matters connected therewith. 2. The Act defines key terms including "allotment" as the allocation of agricultural land to a displaced person under the Act or any scheme in lieu of a registered and verified claim. "Land" is defined as evacuee property consisting of agricultural land, land for ancillary agricultural purposes, pasture, and structures on the land. 3. The Act establishes Compensation Pools for granting compensation to displaced persons with verified claims. Schemes are prepared by authorized officers for allotting land from the Compensation Pools to displaced persons against

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The Displaced (Land ACT, 1958

1. The Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act of 1958 provides for the permanent settlement of displaced persons on land and incidental matters connected therewith. 2. The Act defines key terms including "allotment" as the allocation of agricultural land to a displaced person under the Act or any scheme in lieu of a registered and verified claim. "Land" is defined as evacuee property consisting of agricultural land, land for ancillary agricultural purposes, pasture, and structures on the land. 3. The Act establishes Compensation Pools for granting compensation to displaced persons with verified claims. Schemes are prepared by authorized officers for allotting land from the Compensation Pools to displaced persons against

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THE DISPLACED PERSONS (LAND SETTLEMENT)

ACT, 1958
(Act No. X L V I l of 1958)

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Arr Acr ro provide fo,- rhe pe,mn,le,zr serrlc,,zenl of di.r,~lncedperro,~s
aud fo,- rtrarfers i,~ide,ttnlrizerero or corl,iecred rhe,rn,irl~.

2. I n this Act unlcss rhele is anything lepugnarlt in tlic definitions, suhjcct


or context,..
(1) "allotment" means an allotment of agricultural land rnadc to a
displaced person under this Act or undcr any scheme. in lieu of any
claim registered and verified;
(3) "Land" means evacuee property consisting of land held for
agricultural purposes or for purposes subservient to agriculture or
for pasture, including gardens, unsurveyed land and trees or
buildings and other structures standing thereon and includes all
rights of evacuees in such land ... :
(9) "Settlement" means conferment on a displaced person of any
permanent right in, or title to, any land under this Act, whether
such right of title be proprietary, occupancy, tenancy or of any
other kind.
S.([) For rhe purpose of granting compensation to displaced persons wllose
claims have verified, one or more compensation pools ... be constituted ....
14.(l) Suhjcct to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereundcr,
rhe Chief Settlement Commissioner, or any other officer specially
empowered hy the Government in this behalf, shall prepare one 0 1 more
schemes for alloltnent to displaced persons against their verified claims of
land in the Compensation Pools constituted under secrion 5.
15.11 1 A Suttlcnrcr~lA u t l i o ~ i i yrpcci;,lly rrnpnwrled hy 1I1e (;IIII.~ :;~.II~~:IIIC~~~
( ~ ~ ~ I I ~ I I I I S ~ ~ U iItI1~ ~ in I C , $ ~ ~ ~ul
r lI ~ i shcli;~ll, $Itall, ~ . I<;CIC~I v~:riS!c,i rlkti~ns
o t k e n ~nadchellrc rhc rijrlilllcllccsnm ot Ilii!,
ap;tinit wirlcl! no i ~ l l o u ~ i c11;~s
Act, [~rucecd10 make an allotment 10 thc displ;tccd pcsson conri:rneil i n
;,ccorrlancc with any o l the schemcs uxcculcd urider scctio~i14
(2) Suhjcct to the provisions o f suh-section ( I ) of se~.tionI l. an allotlnent
lo a displaced pcnon undcr sub-scctiolr ( 1 ) shall he nude on rile basis i,l'his
entitlement as delermined undcr titis A c l or [he rules made the~eunder.
16. Notwilhstanding anything contained in any other law lor the lirne heing
i n force, thc land on which a displaced person is perlrranently setrlcd undcr
this Act shall vest absolutely in such person.

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