This Act amends the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 (principal Act). After section 3A of the principal Act, a new section 3B is added which states that the right and interest of the tenants and under tenants, of the acquired territory in West Bengal, shall vest in the State free from all encumbrances and any land acquired by way of transfer within the said acquired territory in West Bengal before coming into force of the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015, i.e. on or before the 1st day of August, 2015, shall stand vested in the State free from all encumbrances. The expression acquired territory means such territory in West Bengal as specified in the Third Schedule to the Constitution of India.
India · 2018-12-18