MADHYA PRADESH ACT NO. XV OF 1953.¹
CHAPTER IV - DISTRIBUTION OF LAND

22. Power of Board to leases

Notwithstanding anything provided in any law to the contrary,

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1. Subs. for the words and figures "sections 17 to 20" by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.11 (b).
2. Inserted by M.P. Act XXI of 1954,s.12.

(i) the Board shall have power to ³[allot] the land vesting in it; and
(ii) the ³[allottee] shall not have and shall not be entitled to claim any rights except as provided for in this Act.

23. Tahsil Committee to distribute land.

The tahsil Committee shall, in accordance with such regulations as may be made by the Board in this behalf, distribute the land vesting in the Board to landless persons who are capable of cultivating the same personally.

24. Conditions of lease.

The person to whom land is allotted under section 23 shall be recorded in village papers of record_of_rights as a Bhudan ⁴[holder] and shall hold the land subject to the following terms and conditions, namely :-

5[(a) the holder shall be deemed to hold the land directly from the State Government and shall be liable to pay the land revenue that may have been or may be assessed on such land;
(b) the rights of the holder shall, on his death, pass to his heirs];
(c) the ⁴[holder] shall not transfer any interest in the land;
(d) the ⁶[holder] shall not allow the land ⁶[..];
(e) the ⁴[holder] shall not allow the land to lie fallow for a period in excess of two years;
⁷[(f) the holder shall pay the land revenue on the due date]:

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3. Subs. for the words "lease out" and "lessee" respectively by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.13.
4. Subs. for the word "lessee" by M.P. Act XXI of 1954,s.14(i), (iii) and (v).
5. Subs. by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.14(iv)
6. The word "holder". substituted for the word "lessee" and the words " under any circumstances" were omitted by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.14(iv).
7. Subs. by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.14(vi)
8. Omitted by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.14(vii).