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  "title": "PUNJAB ABOLITION OF JAGIRS ACT, 1952",
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  "text": "THE PUNJAB ABOLITION OF JAGIRS ACT, 1952 \r\n(IX of 1952) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement. \r\n2. Definitions. \r\n3. Abolition of Jagirs. \r\n4. Indemnity. \r\n5. Rules. \r\n6. Repeal. \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB ABOLITION OF JAGIRS ACT, 1952 \r\n(IX of 1952) \r\n[4 February 1952] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the abolition of Jagirs \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to abolish Jagirs in the Punjab; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follow:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the \r\nPunjab Abolition of Jagirs Act, 1952. \r\n (2) It shall extend to the Punjab. \r\n (3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act unless there be anything repugnant to the subject or \r\ncontext– \r\n(i) “Jagir” includes– \r\n(a) any grant of money made or continued by or on behalf of \r\n2\r\n[State] \r\nwhich purports to be or is expressed to be payable ou t of land \r\nrevenue, or any assignment or release of land revenue made by \r\na competent authority before the passing of the Punjab Jagirs \r\nAct, 1941, or made or deemed to have been made under the \r\nsaid Act; and \r\n(b) any estate in land created or affirmed by or on  behalf of \r\n3\r\n[State] \r\nfor the sole purpose of enabling the person in whose favour it is \r\ncreated to collect or receive land revenue or any portion thereof; \r\n(ii) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; \r\n(iii) “Military Jagir” means a jagir granted to a ny person as a reward for his \r\npersonal services as a member of the military forces or for the military \r\nservices of any one related to him by blood or marriage; \r\n(iv) “Religious or charitable institution” means an institution maintained for \r\nthe purpose of pr oviding religious or educational instruction or for the \r\nrelief of the poor or for providing medical relief or the advancement of \r\nany other object of general public utility. \r\n                                                           \r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on January 11, 1952, assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on January 29, \r\n1952 and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated February 4, 1952, pp. 97-98. \r\n2Substituted for the words “the Crown” by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964 (w.e.f. 8.6.1962), published in the \r\nGazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 3, 1964, pp. 1805-1849, Article 2(1) read with Schedule, Part II. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n3. Abolition of Jagirs .– (1) All jagirs not being military jagirs or jagirs in favo ur \r\nof any religious or charitable institution, created at any time and operative at the time \r\nof the coming into force of this Act shall immediately cease to be operative. \r\n (2) No jagir shall be created after the coming into force of this Act. \r\n (3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) all rights, which have \r\naccrued or are due to accrue to the holder of any jagir or to his successor -in-interest \r\nor assignee in respect of such jagir shall forthwith terminate. \r\n4. Indemnity.– No compensation shall be claim ed by any one affected by the \r\nforegoing provisions and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or other \r\nproceedings instituted by or on behalf of any person claiming any sum or other \r\nbenefit in respect of a jagir. \r\n5. Rules.– The Government m ay frame rules\r\n1\r\n to give effect to the provisions of \r\nthis Act. \r\n6. Repeal.– The Punjab Jagirs Act, 1941, is hereby repealed. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n                                                           \r\n1For Rules, see Revenue Department’s Notification No. 1294-R, dated June 8, 1953, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part I, \r\ndated June 19, 1953, pp. 470-471.",
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