Act Number: 33

Act Name: The Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960

Year: 1960

Enactment Date: 1960-09-13

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to land revenue in the Union territory of Manipur and to provide for certain measures of land reform.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 100: Rights of landowners.
    (1) Every person who has become a landowner under sub-section (1) of section 99 shall--
         (a) have permanent, heritable and transferable rights in the land;
         (b) be entitled by himself, his servants, tenants, agents or other representatives to erect farm buildings, construct wells or tanks or make any other improvements thereon for the better cultivation of the land or its convenient use;
         (c) be entitled to plant trees on the land, to enjoy the products thereof and to fell, utilise or dispose of the timber of any trees on the land.
     (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall entitle a landowner to use his land to the detriment of any adjoining land which is not his or in contravention of the provisions of any other law for the time being in force applicable to such land.
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