State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954

45. Presumption in favour of entries in records-of-rights and 1[periodical] records.- An entry made in a record of rights in accordance with the law for the time being in force, or a 2[periodical] record in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules thereunder, shall be presumed to be true until the contrary is proved or a new entry is lawfully substituted therefor: Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in this section any entry made 3[in the areas comprised in Himachal Pradesh immediately before 1st November, 1966] 1[during the period between the first day of ‘April, 1948 and the first day of April, 1956] in records of rights or in 2[a periodical] record whereby the land is shown as under self cultivation shall not be presumed to be true: 3[Provided further that the record-of-rights and periodical record, prepared by means of computerisation in the prescribed manner shall be presumed to be true and shall be deemed to have been prepared under this chapter.]