Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1966 (Act II of 1966)

48 Volume II: 1963-1970 THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR LAND REFORMS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966 (Act II of 1966) (Passed under Government Order No. 373-423|Council|66, Dated Muzaffarabad the November 29, 1966) WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows : 1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1966. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 25 A.K. Act V of 1960:- In the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960, hereinafter referred to as the said Act, in section 25, in sub-section (1), for the figures, letters, words and comma '4th day of September, 1954' the words 'coming into force of this Act' shall be substituted and shall be deemed always to have been so substituted. 3. Amendment of section 35 A.K. Act V of 1960:- In the said Act, in section 35, after the word 'Act' at the end, the words, figures, letters and comma 'and shall be deemed to have been so repealed on the 4th day of September, 1954' shall be added and shall be deemed always to have been so added. 4. Validation:- Any occupancy right acquired or created after the 4th day of September, 1954, and before the coming into force of the said Act by any means whatever, the acquisition or creation of which would have been valid but for the operation of section 2 of the Azad Kashmir Grant of Proprietary Rights Act of 1954 and sub-section (1) of section 25 of the said Act, shall be deemed to have been lawfully acquired or created and shall not be invalid, or otherwise inoperative merely on the ground that they were acquired or created in contravention of the provisions of the Azad Kashmir Grant of Proprietary Rights Act of 1954 or the said Act.