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Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act 2008 (Kerala)

THE KERALA CONSERVATION OF PADDY LAND AND WETLAND ACT, 2008

(Act 28 of 2008)

An Act to conserve the paddy land and wetland and to restrict the conversion or reclamation thereof, in order to promote growth in the agricultural sector and to sustain the ecological system, in the State of Kerala

Preamble.–WHEREAS, it has come to the notice of the Government that indiscriminate and uncontrolled reclamation and massive conversion of paddy land and wetland are taking place in the State;
AND WHEREAS, there is no existing law to restrict effectively, the conversion or reclamation of paddy land;

AND WHEREAS, the Government are satisfied that it is expedient, in public interest, to provide for the conservation of paddy land and wetland and to ‘[restrict the conversion] or reclamation thereof, in order to promote agricultural growth, to ensure food security and to sustain the ecological system in the State of Kerala;

Be it enacted in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Prohibition on conversion or reclamation of paddy land.
4. Incentives for paddy cultivation.
5. Constitution of Local Level Monitoring Committee.
6. The term of the Local Level Monitoring Committee and other related matters.
7. Reporting Officers.
8. Constitution of State Level Committee.
9. Constitution of District Level Authorised Committee.
10. Power of Government to grant exemption.
11. Prohibition on reclamation of wetland.
12. Appointment of Authorised Officers and their Powers.
13. Power of the District Collector.
14. Refusal of licence by the Local Authority.
15. Direction to cultivate paddy land left fallow.
16. Fallow paddy land to be got cultivated.
17. Eviction of Person to whom the right has been entrusted in certain cases.
18. Special power of the Collector.
19. Power of entry and seizure.
20. Confiscation of vessel, vehicle, etc.
21. Appeal against confiscation.
22. Award of confiscation not to interfere with other punishments.
23. Penalty.
24. Offences by Companies.
25. [x x x]
26. Grant of injunction etc., by Civil Courts.
27. Sums due recoverable as arrears of land revenue to Government.
27A. Change of nature of unnotified land
27B. Appeal.
27C. Change in records.
27D. Establishment of a Agricultural Promotion Fund.
28. Revision.
29. Protection of action taken in good faith.
30. Power to make rules.

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Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 (Kerala) - Section 10 - Land Reforms Act, 1963 (Kerala), S. 81 (3) - Interpretation of Statutes.
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