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Section 15: Validation of levy of penal assessment before the passing of Act. Saving of pending suits

The Telangana Land Encroachment Act, 1905

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Telangana (Revenue Department): the Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905 as in force in the combined State on 2 June 2014, adapted to Telangana under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 by the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016 (G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016), with amendments up to Act No.23 of 1980.

Section 16 is followed in this copy by the text of the provisions of Act XXV of 1958 on removal of difficulties and the effect of other laws, printed under the heading "The provisions as per Act XXV of 1958"; they are shown at the end of section 16 as printed.

Every proceeding taken by a Collector for the recovery of any sum of money by way of penal or prohibitory assessment or charge from any person who has unauthorizedly occupied any land hereby declared to be 1[the property of Government] shall, if such sum has been recovered prior to the passing of this Act, be deemed to have been lawfully taken, provided that this section shall not apply to any suits pending when this Act comes into force in a Court of First Instance or in a Court of Appeal or affect the validity and operation of any decree or order already passed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The words “the property of Government” were substituted for “Crown property” by the Adaptation of Laws (Amendment) Order, 1950.