ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR
LAW DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 21st Jun 19 63
No.LJL. 15/68/4 . —The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general information.
ASSAM ACT XVI OF 1968
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 20th June, 1968)
TH E ASSAM NON-AGRICULTURAL URBAN AREAS TENANCY
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 1968
[ Published in the Assam Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 22nd June 1968 ]
An Act further to amend the Assam Non "Agricultural Urban Areas Tenancy Act, 1955.
Preamble, Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Non-Agricultural Urban Areas Tenancy Act, 1955 hereinafter called the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing ;
I t is hereby enacted in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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314 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNEJ22, 1968
(2) I t shall have the like extent as the princi- pal Act.
(3) I t shall come into force at once. Amendment 2. In section 5 of the principal Act, in sub-section of section 5 (■jx a t t fie e n j o f clause (a), the following provisos shall Ac?XH of be added, n am ely ;-
1955«
''Provided that whe_e .a .tenant- having built a
permanent structure -within the period specified above and for anv of the purposes mentioned therein, renews
the tenancy on expiration of the original contract, he shall always be deemed'to have built such permanent
structure within the period of five years from the date of the renewed contract:
Provided further that a .person having a right, title
and interest over a permanent structure by whatever
mode of acquisition he may have taken the tenancy
from the landlord of the land wherein the said
structure stands, shall not be ejected except on the
ground of non-payment of rent.'"
Amendment 3. In section 7 of the principal Act, in clause (b) of section 7 fo r t be w o r ds ." three annas'1, occurring between the A t xTTa
»f words " than5' and " in" the words " nineteen parse"
Amendment 4. In section 9 of the principal Act, in the proviso, of section 9 in clause (a) for the words " three annas" occurring of Assam between the words " than'' and " in" the words XII of '
B. SARMA,
'Secy, to the Government of Assam, Law Department.
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