Karnataka Act No.

7 of 2005

THE KARNATAKA LAND REFORMS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005

Arrangement of Sections

Sections:

1. Short title and commencement

2. Amendment of section 109

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

By inserting a proviso to sub-section (1-A) of section 109 of the Karnataka Land Reforms
Act, 1961, the Deputy Commissioners were empowered to exercise the powers of the State
Government to grant exemptions to an extent not exceeding half hectare of land. It is now
considered necessary to retain the said power of the State Government in respect of the areas
under Bangalore Rural District and Bangalore District.

Hence the Bill.

(LA Bill No.3 of 2005)

(Entry 18 of list II of Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.)

 Karnataka Act No. 7 of 2005

(First published in the Karnataka Gazettee Extra-ordinary on the nineteenth day of March,2005)

THE KARNATAKA LAND REFORMS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005

(Received the assent of the Governor on the nineteenth day of March, 2005)

An Act further to amend the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961.

Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961
(Karnataka Act 10 of 1962) for the purposes hereinafter appearing:;

Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the fifty-sixth year of Republic of

India, as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Land
Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2005.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 109.- In the proviso to sub-section (1-A) of section 109 of the
Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 10 of 1962), for the words the Deputy
Commissioner may, the words the Deputy Commissioner other than the Deputy Commissioner
of Bangalore Rural District and the Deputy Commissioner of Bangalore District, may shall be
substituted.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka

G. Dakshina Moorthy
Secretary to Government,
Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation.

Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV-A Extra Ordinary No. 407 dated 19-3-2005 in Notification No. AE 45
2004.