Act Number: 24

Act Name: The Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act, 1960

Year: 1960

Enactment Date: 1960-08-26

Long Title: An Act to provide for the imposition of a ceiling on land holdings in the Union territory of Delhi and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Department:

Section 12: Limit of future acquisition of land.
    No person representing a family shall acquire in any manner whatsoever whether by transfer, exchange, lease, agreement or succession any land where such acquisition has the effect of making the total area of the land held by him exceed the ceiling limit; and any such land in excess of the ceiling limit shall, subject to the provisions of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 (Delhi Act 8 of 1954), be treated as excess land of the transferee and the provisions of sections 6 to 11 shall, as far as may be, apply to such excess land.
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