Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024
[Gujarat Act 1 of 2024][7th February, 2024]

1. Short title and commencement

2. Amendment of Section 63-AC of Bom. LXVII of 1948

3. Amendment of Section 54-B of Sau. Ord. XLI of 1949

4. Amendment of 4. Section 89-C of Bom. XCIX of 1958

———An Act further to amend the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the Saurashtra Gharkhed, Tenancy Settlement and Agricultural Lands Ordinance, 1949 and the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region and Kutch area) Act, 1958.

It is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

## Section 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024.

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

## Section 2. Amendment of Section 63-AC of Bom. LXVII of 1948.—In the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Bom. LXVII of 1948.), in Section 63-AC, in sub-section (1), for the portion beginning with the words “within one year” and ending with the words “to the Collector for conversion of such land into non-agricultural purpose.”, the following portion shall be substituted, namely:—

“within such time as may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time to the Collector for conversion of such land into non-agricultural purpose.”.

## Section 3. Amendment of Section 54-B of Sau. Ord. XLI of 1949.—In the Saurashtra Gharkhed, Tenancy Settlement and Agricultural Lands Ordinance, 1949 (Sau. Ord. XLI of 1949.), in Section 54-B, in sub-section (1), for the portion beginning with the words “within one year” and ending with the words “to the Collector for conversion of such land into non-agricultural purpose.”, the following portion shall be substituted, namely:—

“within such time as may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time to the Collector for conversion of such land into non-agricultural purpose.”.

## Section 4. Amendment of 4. Section 89-C of Bom. XCIX of 1958.—In the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region and Kutch Area) Act, 1958 (Bom. XCIX of 1958.), in Section 89-C, in sub-section (1), for the portion beginning with the words “within one year” and ending with the words “to the Collector for conversion of such land into non-agricultural purpose”, the following portion shall be substituted, namely:—

“within such time as may be specified by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time to the Collector for conversion of such land into non-agricultural purpose.”.

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