The M.P. Bhoodan Yagna (Nirsan) Adhiniyam, 1992

(No. 21 of 1992)

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[Dated 21st October, 1992]

Received the assent of the Governor on the 21st October, 1992; Assent first published in the Madhya Pradesh Gazette (Extraordinary) dated the 31st October, 1992.

An Act to repeal the Madhya Pradesh Bhoodan Yagna Adhiniyam, 1968.

Be it enacted by the Madhya Pradesh Legislature in the Forty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :

Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called The Madhya Pradesh Bhoodan Yagna (Nirsan) Adhiniyam, 1992.

(2) It shall come into force on such [date] as the State Government may, by notification appoint.

Object & Reasons6

Definitions.- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Appointed day" means the date of commencement of this Act, under sub-section (2) of Section 1;

(b) "Board" means the Bhoodan Yagna Board constituted under Section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Bhoodan Yagna Adhiniyam, 1968 (No. 28 of 1968).

Repeal and Savings.- (1) On the appointed day the Madhya Pradesh Bhoodan Yagna Adhiniyam, 1968 (No. 28 of 1968) shall stand dissolved.

(2) All assets and liabilities of the Bhoodan Yagna Board on the appointed day shall stand vested in the State Government and the State Government shall have all powers necessary to take possession of, recover and deal with such asset and discharge such liabilities :

Provided that the land which vested in the State Government under this sub-section shall only be distributed to landless poor persons who are able and willing to cultivate the land personally.

(3) The person holding the land on lease or in Bhumiswami right on the appointed day from the Board shall be subject to all the conditions laid down in the lease deed and shall not transfer the land without the permission of the Collector.

(4) Any proceeding pending immediately before the appointed day to which the Board was a party shall be continued as if the State Government was party thereto in lieu of the Board.