West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 — section 184

184. Repeals and Savings. (1) The enactments mentioned in Part One of the Schedule are hereby repealed.

(2)On the commencement of this Act in any area the enactments mentioned in Part Two of the Schedule shall, if and, in so far as applicable to that area, stand repealed; and in the event of specified provisions of this Act being applied to any area, only the corresponding provisions in such enactments shall stand repealed.

(3)Notwithstanding the repeal of the enactments mentioned in sub-section (2)

(a)all rules, appointments and transfers made, notifications and proclamations issued, authorities and powers conferred, farms and leases granted, records-of rights and other records framed, revised or confirmed, rights acquired, liabilities incurred, times and places appointed, and other things done, under any such enactment shall, if not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be continued and, so far as may be, be deemed to have been respectively made, issued, conferred, granted, incurred, appointed and done under this Act ; and

(a)all assessments of land-revenue duly made, approved or confirmed under any such enactment and in force immediately before such repeal shall continue, and subject to the provisions of this Act, remain in force until assessments made, approved or confirmed under those provisions take effect.

(4)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Act, or in any other law, or in any order or decree of a Court or other authority, or in any rule of custom or usage, or in any contract, instrument, deed or other document, any person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was the holder of any land under the provisions of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bom. Act V of 1879), or the Sind Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Sind Act V of 1879), as the case may be (hereinafter in this sub-section referred to as the Code), shall

(a)if such land (whether alienated or unalienated) was shown on the thirty-first day of December, 1927, in the Record-of-Rights prepared under the provisions of the Code to have been in the possession of an occupant, other than a lessee or a mortgagee-in-possession, or if any person was shown to have proprietary rights therein, be deemed to be the owner of such land for the purposes of this Act;

(b)if such land was granted by Government to any person on or after the first day of January, 1928, otherwise than on lease

(i)be deemed, if he has paid the full price on which the land was granted to him, the owner of such land, and be subject to all the rights and liabilities of a proprietor under the Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912 (Punjab Act V of 1912); and

(ii)be deemed, if he has not paid the full price on which the land was granted to him, a tenant of Government under the Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912 (Punjab Act V of 1912), on the conditions on which the grant was made; provided that on such person paying the full price on which the land was granted to him in accordance with the conditions of, and within the period provided in the grant, the provisions of sub-clause (i) shall apply. Explanation—For the purposes of this sub-section the terms “occupant” and “holder of land” shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Code, and shall include their predecessors and successors-in-interest.

(5)Government may make rules for giving effect to the provisions of sub-section (4). THE SCHEDULE (See section 184) PART ONE