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THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR LAND REVENUE ACT, 1996 (1939 A.D.)

Section 21. Record-of-rights and documents included therein.

(1) Save as otherwise provided by this Chapter, there shall he a record-of-rights for each estate. (2) The record-of-rights for an estate shall include the following documents, namely: — (a) statements showing, so far as may be practicable— (i) the persons who are land-holders, 1[occupants] of land revenue in the estate, or who are entitled to receive any of the rents, profits or produce of the estate or to occupy land therein ; (ii) the nature and extent of the interests of those persons; and the conditions and liabilities attaching thereto ; and (iii) the rent, land revenue, rates, cesses or other payments due from and to each of those persons and to the 2[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] ; 3[(iv) survey number or plot number held within its area ; (v) type and characteristics of soil ;] (b) a statement of customs respecting rights and liabilities in the estate ; (c) a map of the estate ; (d) such other documents as the 4[Financial Commissioner with the previous sanction of the Government] may prescribe. 5[EXPLANATION. –– Record-of-rights mentioned above includes record-ofrights and the map prepared and transferred under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1962.]

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