LAND REFORMS ACT, 1977

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THE LAND REFORMS ACT, 1977 
(II of 1977) 
CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
CHAPTER II 
RESTRICTION ON OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF LAND 
3. Limits on individual holding 
4. Choice and exchange of land 
5. Partitioning of joint holdings and undivided Shamilat 
6. Certain transfers void 
CHAPTER  III 
OBTAINING OF DECLARATIONS, VESTING OF LAND IN GOVERNMENT 
7. Declarations 
8. Certain restrictions on cutting of trees and dismantling or removal of 
permanent installations or structures 
9. Vesting in Government of excess land 
10. Permanent installations and structures 
CHAPTER IV 
COMPENSATION 
11. Compensation for land 
12. Compensation for permanent installations, structures and buildings 
13. Payment of compensation 
14. Transfer of encumbrance or charge 
CHAPTER V 
UTILIZATION OF SURRENDERED LAND  
15. Disposal of surrendered land 
16. Conditions for grant of land 
17. Utilization of land 
CHAPTER VI 
LAND COMMISSIONS  
18. Functions of Federal Land Commission 
19. Powers and functions of a Provincial Land Commission 
20. Power to set up originations, etc  
21. Power to make rules 
22. Delegation of powers 
23. Reconstitution of a Commission 
24. Power to review 
25. Abatement of pending proceedings 
26. Removal of doubt 
27. Powers of the Federal Government 
CHAPTER VII 
BAR OF JURISDICTION AND INDEMNITY  
28. Bar of jurisdiction 
29. Indemnity  
CHAPTER VIII  
MISCELLANEOUS  
30. Act to override other laws, etc 
31. Power to exempt 
32. Removal of difficulties 
CHAPTER IX 
PUNISHMENT AND PROCEDURE  
33. Offences and penalties 
34. Cognizance of offence 
35. Omitted 
TEXT 
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THE LAND REFORMS ACT, 1977 
(II of 1977) 
[9th January, 1977] 
An 
Act  
to provide for further land reforms 
 Whereas it is in the supreme national interest to bring about a more equitable 
distribution of wealth by carrying out further land reforms; 
 And whereas  clause (1) of Article 253 of the Con stitution of the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan provides that Parliament may by law prescribe the maximum 
limits as to property or any class thereof which may be owned, held, possessed or 
controlled by any person; 
 It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the 
Land Reforms Act, 1977. 
 (2)  It extends to the whole of Pakistan. 
 (3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant  in the subject or 
context,– 
(1) "Commission" means a Federal or a Provincial Land Commission 
constituted under the Land Reforms Regulation, 1972; 
(2) "Government" means, in relation to the Islamabad Capital Territory, the 
Federal Government, and in relati on to a Province, the Government of 
that Province; 
(3) "irrigated land" means land irrigated by a canal, tubewell, well, lift, 
spring, tank or by any other artificial means of irrigation; 
(4) "land" means land which is occupied or has been and can be let f or 
agricultural purposes or for purposes allied or subservient to 
agriculture, and includes the sites of buildings on such land but does 
not include land occupied as the site of a village, town, factory or 
industrial establishment; 
(5) "orchard" means land  under fruit trees planted to a density of twenty -
five trees or more per acre grown and maintained by human effort; 
                                                 
1This Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 9 th January, 1977 and was published in the Gazette of 
Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, dated January 9, 1977. The Land Reforms Ordinance, 1977 (II of 1977) made by the President 
on 5th January, 1977 was repealed and replaced by this Act. 
(6)  "owner" includes a person deemed to be an owner under sub -section 
(4) of section 184 of the West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (W.P. 
Act XVII of 1967); 
(7) "person" includes a religious, educational or charitable institution, every 
trust whether public or private, a Hindu undivided family, a company or 
association or body of individuals, and a cooperative or other society, 
but does not include a local authority, a university established by law, a 
joint stock company which is directly or indirectly held or controlled by 
Federal Government or a Provincial Government or by both or any 
other body in which the Government holds majority interest; 
(8) "public dues" include dues payable by a person to the Federal 
Government, or a Provincial Government or to a body directly or 
indirectly controlled by such Government; 
(9) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 
(10) "President" means the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; 
(11) "produce index unit" means the measure in terms of which the 
comparative productivity of an area of land of a particular kind in a 
particular assessment circle or area was computed and expresse d for 
the purposes of the schemes relating to the resettlement of displaced 
persons on land or was determined under the provisions of the 
repealed Land Reforms Regulation, 1959 and the Land Reforms 
Regulation, 1972 and in respect of the assessment circle or area where 
no such unit was determined, such measure as may be determined by 
the Commission for the Province within which such assessment circle 
or area is situate; 
(12)  "tenant" means a person who holds land under another person, and is, 
or but for a s pecial contract would be, liable to pay rent for that land to 
that other person and includes the predecessors and successors -in-
interest of such person; but does not include– 
(a) a mortgagee of the rights of a land-owner, or 
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[(b) a person holding any land  under the Federal Government or a 
Provincial Government or under any such statutory authority 
corporation set up by any such Government as may be notified by it in 
this behalf, or] 
(c) a person to whom a holding has been transferred, or an estate or 
holding has been let in farm under the West Pakistan Land Revenue 
Act, 1967, for the recovery of an arrear of land revenue or of a sum 
recoverable as such an arrear 
3
[, or] 
                                                 
21. Substituted by the Land Reforms (Amendment) Order, 1979 (President‟s Order No. 16 of 1979). 
 2. Article 6 of the Land Reforms (Amendment) Order, 1979 provides as under: 
  “6. Validation.- Anything done, action taken or order passed on or after the fifth day of January, 1977, in exercise of any 
power conferred by or under the Land Reforms Act, 1977 (II of 1977), as amended by this Order, shall be deemed to have 
been validity done, take n or passed, as if this Order were in force on the day on which such thing, action or order was 
done, taken or passed.” 
3Substituted ibid for semi-colon. 
4
[(d) a lessee cultivating the land, either himself or through another person;] 
(13)  "unirrigated land" means land other than irrigated land and includes 
land fed by rains, floods, hill torrents, and uncultivable or waste land. 
CHAPTER II 
RESTRICTION ON OWNERSHIP AND POSSESSION OF LAND 
5[3. Limits on individual holding .– 
6
[Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no] 
person shall after the commencement of this Act, own or possess land, including his 
share in Shamilat, if any, in excess of one hundred acres of irrigated land or two 
hundred acres of unirrigated land, or irrigated and unirrigated  land the aggregate of 
which exceeds one hundred acres of irrigated land (one acre of irrigated land being 
reckoned as equivalent to two acres of unirrigated land) or an area equivalent to 
eight thousand produce index units of land calculated on the basis of classification of 
soil as entered in thy Revenue Records for Kharif, 1976, whichever shall be greater: 
 Provided that in determining the entitlement of a person any improvement 
made by him on his land after the commencement of this Act, shall not be tak en into 
account.] 
7
[4.  Choice and exchange of land.– Save as otherwise provided in this Act– 
(1) a person who owns or possesses land including his share in Shamilat, 
if any, in excess to his entitlement under this Act shall, out of such land, 
select in co mpact blocks as large as possible, the area which he is 
entitled to retain; 
(2) a person who is required to surrender land under this Act, before doing 
so, may, if allowed by an officer of the district concerned who is 
authorized by a Commission in this be half, exchange the whole or any 
part of such land with land owned or possessed within the same district 
by any member of his family for the purpose of consolidation on the 
basis of equality of produce index value of the land proposed to be 
exchanged; 
(3) no appeal shall lie in any court or before any authority whatsoever 
against an exchange of land allowed or disallowed under sub -section 
(2). 
Explanation.– For the purpose of sub-section (2) "family" shall mean father, mother, 
brothers, sisters, husband, wife or wives, sons and daughters.] 
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[5. Partitioning of joint holdings and undivided Shamilat .– Notwithstanding 
anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, a joint holding or an 
                                                 
4Added ibid. 
5By order of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Qazalbash Wa qf case reported in PLD 1990 SC 
99, the whole of sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7(5), 8, 9, 10 and consequentially the whole of sections 11 to 17 of the Act were held 
repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam and they ceased to have effect prospectively w.e.f. 23rd March, 1990. The interpretation of 
the relevant provisions of Chapter 3A of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 is contained in the judgm ent 
of the Supreme Court of Pakistan reported in PLD 1988 SC 287. The effect of self -executory provisions of the Land Reforms 
law is explained in the judgments of the Supreme Court of Pakistan reported in PLD 1989 SC 550 and PLD 1998 SC 132. 
6Substituted for the word „No‟ by the Land Reforms (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979 (XXXVII of 1979). 
7Footnote 5 explains the position. 
8Footnote 5 explains the position. 
undivided shamilat shall, for the purposes of this Act, be subject to partition to the 
extent of the share of a person who elects to surrender the whole or part of his share 
in such joint holding or such undivided Shamilat.] 
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[6. Certain transfers void.– (1) The transfer of any land, and the creation of any 
right or interest in, or encumbrance on any land, made in any manner whatsoever in 
respect of any area, on or after the commencement of this Act by any person holding 
immediately before that date an area exceeding his entitlement under section 3, shall 
be and sh all be deemed always to have been void, and the land so transferred or 
encumbered shall be deemed to have been owned or possessed, as the case may 
be, by the person by whom it was owned or possessed immediately before that date. 
 (2) Nothing in sub -section (1) shall apply to any transfer of land or the 
creation of any right or interest in or encumbrance on any land left with a person 
after he has surrendered the land in excess to his entitlement under this Act.] 
CHAPTER III 
OBTAINING OF DECLARATIONS, VESTING OF LAND IN GOVERNMENT 
7. Declarations.– (1) A Provincial Land Commission may, by notification in the 
official Gazette, require that any person or class of persons mentioned therein, shall 
submit such declaration to such authority, in such manner and form  and by such 
date, as may be specified in the notification. 
 (2) In case a person, who is required to make declaration under this 
section, owns or possesses land in more than one Province, he shall make the 
declaration to the Commission for the Province wh ere he permanently resides, and 
the said Commission may call for any information in respect of the declaration from 
any other Province where the declarant owns or possesses land and pass orders 
thereon. 
 (3) In case a person, who is required to make declar ation under this 
section, owns or possesses land in a Province but resides permanently in another 
Province or abroad, he shall make the declaration to the Commission for the 
Province in which he owns or possesses land. 
 (4) In case of a minor or a person o f unsound mind, the declaration 
required under this section, shall be made on his behalf, by his guardian. 
 
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[(5) Where a person fails to make a declaration under this section, an 
officer of the district concerned, who is authorized by a Commission in this  behalf, 
shall, of his own motion or otherwise, and after calling for such information and 
recording such evidence as he may deem necessary, determine the land owned or 
possessed by such person in excess to his entitlement under this Act and make an 
order to this effect.] 
11
[8. Certain restrictions on cutting of trees and dismantling or removal of 
permanent installations or structures.– A person, who owns or possesses land in 
excess to his entitlement under this Act, or any one on his behalf shall not, with 
                                                 
9Footnote 5 explains the position. 
10Footnote 5 explains the position. 
11Footnote 5 explains the position. 
effect from the commencement of this Act, cut or remove any tree or dismantle, 
demolish, damage or remove any permanent installation or structure, including 
buildings and tubewells on land, owned or possessed by him until the land in excess 
to his entitlement has been surrendered by him under this Act.] 
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[9. Vesting in Government of excess land .– (1) Land in excess of the area 
permissible for retention by a person under section 3, shall be surrendered by him 
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[****] to the Land Commission of the Province wh ere such land is situate, and it 
shall vest in Government free of any encumbrance or charge: 
 Provided that rights and obligations of any person in respect of the standing 
crops on land surrendered under this section shall remain unaffected until 14[the 
standing crops are removed or the 30 th day of June next following, whichever is 
earlier.] 
 (2) Land determined, under sub-section (5) of section 7, to be in excess to 
the entitlement of a person shall vest forthwith in the Government free of any 
encumbrance or charge and the defaulter shall be deemed to have forfeited the right 
and option under section 4. 
 (3) Any land under litigation which is in excess to the entitlement of a 
person under this Act, shall vest in the Government subject to the final adjudicati on 
of the rights of the litigants. 
 (4) Any land surrendered by a person which was in his possession as a 
lessee or mortgagee shall not vest in Government but shall, subject to the provision 
of section 3, revert to lessor or mortgagor, as the case may be. 
 
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[(5) Any land surrendered by a person which was held by him as the 
landlord of an occupancy tenant or a Muqarraridar or as an Ala Malik shall not vest in 
Government but shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, vest in the 
occupancy tenant, Muq arraridar or Adna Malik, as the case may be, free from any 
encumbrance or charge.] 
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[10. Permanent installations and structures .– Permanent installations and 
structures, including buildings and tubewells on land surrendered under section 9, 
shall not be re moved, damaged, dismantled or demolished, and shall vest in 
Government alongwith such land, free of any encumbrance or charge.] 
CHAPTER IV 
COMPENSATION 
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[11. Compensation for land .– The Federal Government shall in respect of land 
surrendered under section 9, pay compensation to the persons concerned at the rate 
of rupees thirty per produce index unit.] 
                                                 
12Footnote 5 explains the position. 
13The words and comma “within four months of the commencement of  this Act,” omitted by the Land Reforms (Amendment) 
Order, 1979 (President‟s Order No. 16 of 1979). 
14Substituted ibid for the figures, letters, words and comma “30th day of June, 1977”. 
15Added ibid. 
16Footnote 5 explains the position. 
17Footnote 5 explains the position. 
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[12. Compensation for permanent installations, structures and buildings .– 
Compensation for permanent installations and structures including buildings and 
tubewells on land surrendered under this Act, shall be determined and paid by the 
Federal Government on the basis of actual cost incurred subject to such scale of 
depreciation as may be prescribed.] 
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[13. Payment of compensation .– (1) Payment of compensation  under sections 
11 and 12 shall be made through heritable bonds which shall be transferable and 
negotiable through or with banks and which shall be redeemable, at the discretion of 
the Federal Government, by 30 th day of June, 1987 and shall carry interest per 
annum, with effect from the first day of July, 1977, at the rate of one per cent above 
the bank rate as notified by the State Bank of Pakistan, from time to time. 
 (2) Where the total amount of compensation payable to a person under 
this Chapter, does not exceed rupees five thousand, the Federal Government may 
pay the compensation in cash. 
 (3)  Payment of compensation under this section shall be made to the 
person concerned after deducting such public dues, owed by him, whose payment 
had fallen due on the commencement of this Act and which remained unpaid upto 
the date of payment of compensation.] 
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[14. Transfer of encumbrance or charge .– Any encumbrance or charge existing 
on land surrendered by a person or on permanent installations and structures 
including tubewells on such land, shall be deemed to be an encumbrance or charge 
on land retained by him under this Act: 
 Provided that if the encumbrance or charge exceeds the value of the land left 
with a person, it shall to the extent of such excess, be dee med to be an 
encumbrance or charge on the bonds payable to him as compensation.] 
CHAPTER V 
UTILIZATION OF SURRENDERED LAND 
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[15. Disposal of surrendered land .– (1) Land vested in Government under this 
Act, shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be granted free of charge to the 
tenants who are shown in the Revenue Records to be in cultivating possession of it 
during Kharif 1976 and Rabi 1975-76:  
 
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[Provided that where, at any time after the commencement of this Act, a 
person acquires any land by reason of which the area of the land owned or 
possessed by him exceeds the limit fixed by section 3, the land surrendered by him 
shall be granted free of charge to such tenant as is shown in the revenue records to 
be in cultivating possession of the land i n the Kharif and Rabi immediately preceding 
such acquisition: 
                                                 
18Footnote 5 explains the position. 
19Footnote 5 explains the position. 
20Footnote 5 explains the position. 
21Footnote 5 explains the position. 
22Substituted by the Land Reforms (Amendment) order, 1979 (P.O. No.16 of 1979). 
 Provided further that no land shall be granted to a tenant who but for the 
coming into force of this Act, would have been entitled to inherit land from a person 
who is required to surrender land under section 9.] 
 (2) Where any tenant who is entitled to grant of land under sub -section (1) 
already owns land, he shall be granted only so much land which together with the 
land already owned by him, does not exceed twelve acres. 
 (3) Land which is no t granted under sub -sections (1) and (2) shall be 
granted to other landless tenants or persons owning less than twelve acres.] 
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[16. Conditions for grant of land .– (1) Grant of land under section 15 shall be 
made on the following conditions:– 
(a) a grantee  or his heirs shall not alienate by sale, gift, mortgage or 
otherwise the land or any portion thereof during a period of twenty 
years from the date of the grant: 
Provided that for the purpose of obtaining a loan for the development of 
the land the grantee or his heirs may mortgage it in favour of 
Government, a Government sponsored institution or a cooperative 
society; 
 (b) a grantee or his heirs shall not sublet the land. 
 (2) The Provincial Land Commission concerned may cancel a grant for 
violation of any of the terms and conditions of the grant after giving an opportunity of 
being heard to the grantee or his heirs, as the case may be.] 
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[17. Utilization of land .– Notwithstanding anything contained in section 15, a 
Provincial Government may, subject to the approval of the Federal Government, 
utilize or dispose of land surrendered under section 9 for such public purpose and in 
such manner as the Provincial Government may deem fit, if it is– 
 (a) an orchard; or 
(b) land surrendered by any religious, charitable  or educational society or 
institution; or 
 (c) land surrendered by any trust or waqf, whether public or private: or 
(d) land under Shikargahs and stud or livestock farms
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[:] 
 
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[Provided that if, in the public interest, the Provincial Government decides to  
lease out any such land, the person by whom it was surrendered shall have the right 
of first option to the grant of lease of the land or of such portion thereof as the 
Provincial Government may deem fit.] 
                                                 
23Footnote 5 explains the position. 
24Footnote 5 explains the position. 
25Substituted for full-stop by the Land Reforms (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979 (XXXVII of 1979). 
26Added ibid.  
CHAPTER VI 
LAND COMMISSIONS 
18. Functions of Fede ral Land Commission .– The Federal Land Commission 
shall– 
 (1) coordinate the functioning of Provincial Land Commissions; 
(2) assist the Federal Government in deciding any dispute or difference 
between two or more Provincial Land Commissions; 
(3) assist the  Federal Government in the exercise of its powers under 
section 27; 
(4) issue such directions to any or all Provincial Land Commissions as 
may be necessary for the purposes of this Act; 
(5) perform such other functions as may, from time to time, be assigne d to 
it by the Federal Government. 
19. Powers and functions of a Provincial Land Commission .– Subject to the 
provisions of this Act, a Provincial Land Commission shall exercise all powers and 
perform all functions necessary for the implementation of this A ct in the Province 
concerned. 
20. Power to set up organizations, etc .– A Commission may set up such 
organizations and appoint such authorities, officers and staff and confer such powers 
upon, and assign such duties to them as it may deem necessary for the purposes of 
this Act. 
21. Power to make rules .– A Commission may make rules for carrying out the 
purposes of this Act, including rules on matters relating to or connected with the 
presentation, hearing and determination of appeals from, and applications fo r 
revision and review of, orders made under this Act: 
 Provided that the rules made under this section, in case of Federal Land 
Commission shall be subject to approval of the Federal Government, and in case of 
a Provincial Land Commission, to the approval of the Provincial Government 
concerned. 
22. Delegation of powers .– (1) The Federal Government may, at any time, 
delegate any of its powers or functions under this Act to such body or person as it 
may deem necessary for the purposes of this Act. 
 
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[(2) A Commission may, at any time by notification in the official Gazette, 
delegate any of its powers to any of its members or officers or authorities subject to 
such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification, and may also specify 
in the notification the circumstances in which, and the authority to which, an appeal, 
or application for review or revision, if any, shall lie from an order of such member, 
officer or authority.] 
23. Reconstitution of a Commission .– The Federal Government may, at any 
time, by notification in the official Gazette, reconstitute a Commission to comprise 
                                                 
27Substituted by the Land Reforms (Amendment) Order, 1979 (President‟s Order No. 16 of 1979). 
such persons as it deems fit, and the Commission so reconstituted shall be deemed 
to be a Commission under paragraph 4 or 4A, as the case may be, of the Land 
Reforms Regulation, 1972. 
24. Power to review .– A Commission shall review a case or a class of cases 
decided by it before or after the commencement of this Act, if so directed by the 
Federal Government. 
25. Abatement of pending proceedings .– All proceedings pending befor e the 
Federal Land Commission shall, on commencement of this Act, stand abated unless 
the Federal Government  directs otherwise in a case or class of cases. 
26. Removal of doubt.– If any dispute or doubt arises as to the extent or scope 
of any power or the  manner in which it shall be exercisable by a Commission, the 
matter shall be referred to the Federal Government whose decision thereon shall be 
final. 
27. Powers of the Federal Government.– The Federal Government may, at any 
time, of its own motion or oth erwise, take cognizance of a case not taken up by a 
Commission or withdraw a case pending before a Commission or call for a case 
decided by a Commission or any authority empowered by a Commission in this 
behalf, and pass such order as it may deem necessary  and the order so passed 
shall be final: 
 Provided that no order, under this section, shall be passed, adversely 
affecting the rights of any person, unless such person has been given an opportunity 
of being heard. 
CHAPTER VII 
BAR OF JURISDICTION AND INDEMNITY 
28. Bar of jurisdiction.– (1) No court shall call in question or permit to be called 
in question any provision of this Act or of any rule or order made or anything done or 
any action taken thereunder. 
 (2) No court shall grant any injunction or make an y order, or entertain any 
proceedings, in relation to anything done or intended to be done under this Act. 
29. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial Government, or a Commission or any other 
person for anything in good faith done under this Act or any rule or order made 
thereunder. 
CHAPTER VIII 
MISCELLANEOUS 
30. Act to override other laws, etc .– The provisions of this Act, and any rule or 
order made thereunder, shall have effect n otwithstanding anything to the contrary 
contained in any law for the time being in force, or in any order or decree of a court 
or tribunal or other authority or in any rule of custom or usage or in any contract, 
instrument, deed or other document. 
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[31. Power to exempt.– (1) The Government, if it is satisfied that it is in the public 
interest so to do, may by an order notified in the official Gazette and subject to such 
terms and conditions as may be specified in the order, exempt from the operation of 
this Act any educational institution or a cooperative farming society registered under 
the Co -operative Farming Act, 1976 (LII of 1976), or a person who has been 
permitted by Government to establish a livestock farm; provided that an exemption 
granted shall not apply– 
(i) in the case of a society, to the land owned or possessed by a member 
of such society; and 
(ii) in respect of a person who has been permitted to establish a livestock 
farm– 
(a) to the land owned or possessed by such person or to a partner 
in a firm or shareholder in a joint stock company which does not 
form, or has not been recognised at the time of sanction as, an 
integral part of the livestock farm; and 
(b) to land not used for the purposes of the livestock farm. 
 (2) When the Government or a person authorised by it in that behalf is of 
the opinion that an institution or a society or person exempted under sub -section (1) 
has committed a breach of any of the conditions subject to which the exemption was 
granted, the Government or the authorised person may, after giving such institution 
or society or person an opportunity to show cause against the action proposed to be 
taken, rescind the order of exemption.] 
32. Removal of difficulties .– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any 
provision of this Act, the Federal Government may make such order, not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary for the purposes 
of removing the difficulty. 
CHAPTER IX 
PUNISHMENT AND PROCEDURE 
33. Offences and penalties.– (1) Whoever– 
 (a) fails to surrender land as required under this Act, or 
(b) fails to make any declaration or furnishes incomplete or false 
information or fails to furnish any information as required under this 
Act, or 
(c) tampers with any record relevant for the purposes of this Act, or 
(d) obstructs any person in the discharge of his duties and functions under 
this Act, or 
(e) commits or attempts to commit an act or omission to defeat any of the 
purposes of this Act, or 
(f) contravenes or fails to comply with any other provisions of this Act, 
                                                 
28Substituted by the Land Reforms (Amendment) Ordinance, 1981 (XLVII of 1981). 
shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to 
seven years or with forfeiture of his immovable property or with both. 
 (2)  A person convicted of any offence under sub -section (1) shall be 
disqualified from being a member of Parliament or a Provincial Assembly or any local 
elective body and from being elected and chosen as such a member for a period of 
five years from the date of such conviction. 
 (3)  any person convicted of any offence unde r sub -section (1) shall be 
disqualified from being a public servant or from being appointed as such or from 
holding any other office for which a person guilty of any offence involving moral 
turpitude is disqualified. 
34. Cognizance of offence .– No court or  tribunal shall take cognizance of an 
offence under this Act except on a report in writing of the facts constituting such 
offence, made by a public servant under order or authority of the Federal 
Government or a Provincial Government. 
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[35. Repeal.– * * * * * * * * * * *   ] 
                                                 
29Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981).