THE PUNJAB LAND REVENUE (ABOLITION) ACT 1998 
(II of 1998) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Abolition of land revenue 
3. Saving 
 
 
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THE PUNJAB LAND REVENUE (ABOLITION) ACT 1998 
(II of 1998) 
[24th February, 1998] 
An 
Act 
to abolish land revenue in the Province of the Punjab. 
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to abolish land revenue in the Province of the 
Punjab; 
 It is hereby enacted as follows:- 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. – (1) This Act may be called the 
Punjab Land Revenue (Abolition) Act, 1998. 
 (2) It extends to the whole of the Province of the Punjab. 
 (3) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken 
effect on and f rom the date the Punjab Land Revenue (Abolition) Ordinance 1997 
(XXXI of 1997) stands rep ealed under Article 128 of the C onstitution of the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan. 
2. Abolition of land revenue. – Notwithstanding anything to the contrary 
contained in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) or any other law for 
the time being in force, no land revenue, as defined in the Punjab Land Revenue 
Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967), shall be charged as from Rabi 1996-97 and where the 
same has already been assessed for the said harvest, it shall not be recovered. 
3. Saving.– Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to affect the liability 
of any person to pay the land revenue which had become due before Rabi 1996-97 
or the assessment, charge and collection of the land revenue for the period before 
Rabi 1996-97 which shall continue to be done under the provisions of the Punjab 
Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967). 
                                                 
1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 6th February, 1998; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 19th 
February, 1998; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 24th February, 1998, page 197. 
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