State Act

The Assam Evacuee Property Act, 1951

This Act was repealed on 7 February 2023 by the Assam Evacuee Property (Repealing) Act, 2022 (Assam Act 71 of 2023), s.2(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

7. Exceptions.—Nothing in section 6(2)(b) shall apply to the following :— (a) an evacuee property of an evacuee, situated within a urban area, if the evacuee left Assam prior to the 1st day of January, 1950, or (b) an evacuee property which, at the time of his leaving Assam, was held by the evacuee as— (i) a tenant-at-will or thika tenant or monthly tenant in an urban area, or (ii) an adhiar in an area other than an urban area, if, on the date of receipt by the Deputy Commissioner, of an application under sub-section (1) of section 6, such property is (a) let out in cases falling under (i) above, or (b) allowed to be cultivated in cases falling under (ii) above, by or with the authority of the immediate landlord of the evacuee to a person other than the evacuee.