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The State Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950 (East Bengal Act)

Section 149Revision

In forcePart VChapter XVIII JURISDICTION, APPEAL, REVISION AND REVIEW

Part V

Chapter XVIII JURISDICTION, APPEAL, REVISION AND REVIEW

s. 149

149. Revision (1) Subject to any special provision for revision made in this Part, the Collector may of his own motion within one month of the date of any order passed under this Part by a Revenue-officer subordinate to him or on application made in that behalf within one month of the date of such order, revise such order. [(1a) The Commissioner of a division may, of his own motion, within three months of the date of any order passed under this Part by the Collector of a district within the division or on an application made in that behalf within three months of the date of such order, revise such order.] [* * *] [(3) The [Board of Land Administration] may, of its own motion, within six months of the date of any order passed under this Part by the Commissioner of a division or on an application made in that behalf within six months of the date of such order, revise such order.] [(4) The [Board of Land Administration] may at any time order the correction of any entry in a record-of-rights maintained under this Part or in a settlement rent-roll prepared and finally published under this Part which, it is satisfied, has been made owing to a bona fide mistake: Provided that an order shall not be revised under this section if an appeal has been preferred against such order: Provided further that no order for correction shall be made under sub-section (4) until reasonable notice has been given to the parties concerned to appeal and be heard in the matter.]

  1. 91. Sub-section (1a) was inserted by section 2 and the Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Amending) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. IX of 1976)
  2. 92. Sub-section (2) was omitted by Article 3 and the Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Repealing and Amending) Order, 1973 (President’s Order No. 12 of 1973)
  3. 93. Sub-section (3) was substituted by section 2 and the Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Amending) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. IX of 1976)
  4. 94. The words “Board of Land Administration” were substituted for the word “Government” by section 4 and the Schedule of the Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 ( XLI of 1982)
  5. 95. Sub-section (4) was substituted by section 2 and the Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Amending) Ordinance, 1976 (Ordinance No. IX of 1976)
  6. 96. The words “Board of Land Administration” were substituted for the word “Government” by section 4 and the Schedule of the Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 ( XLI of 1982)

End of s. 149. Not in the index for this Act: Authentic Bangla Text (official Bengali text, PDF only).

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