#THE URBAN LAND (CEILING AND REGULATION) REPEAL ACT, 1999 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title, application and commencement. 
2. Repeal of Act 33 of 1976. 
3. Abatement of legal proceedings 
4. Abatement of legal proceedings 
5. Repeal and saving. 
 
 
 
#THE URBAN LAND (CEILING AND REGULATION) REPEAL ACT, 1999 

##ACT NO. 15 OF 1999 

[18th March, 1999.] 

An Act to repeal the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows: — 

1. **Short title, application and commencement.** —(1) This Act may be called the Urban Land 
(Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999. 

(2) It applies in the first instance to the whole of the States of Haryana and Punjab and to all the 
Union territories; and it shall apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in 
that behalf under clause (2) of article 252 of the Constitution. 

(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force in the States of Haryana and Punjab and in all the 
Union territories on the 11th day of January, 1999 and in any other State which adopts this Act under 
clause (2) of article 252 of the Constitution on the date of such adoption; and the reference to repeal of 
the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 shall, in relation to any State or Union territory, 
mean the date on which this Act comes into force in such State or Union territory. 

2. **Repeal of Act 33 of 1976.**—The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (hereinafter 
referred to as the principal Act) is hereby repealed. 

3. **Savings.** —(1) The repeal of the principal Act shall not affect— 

  (a) the vesting of any vacant land under sub-section (3) of section 10, possession of which has 
been taken over by the State Government or any person duly authorised by the State Government 
in this behalf or by the competent authority; 

  (b) the validity of any order granting exemption under sub-section (1) of section 20 or any 
action taken thereunder, notwithstanding any judgment of any court to the contrary; 

  (c) any payment made to the State Government as a condition for granting exemption under 
sub-section (1) of section 20. 

(2) Where— 

  (a) any  land  is  deemed  to  have  vested  in  the  State  Government  under  sub-section  (3)  of 
section  10 of  the  principal  Act  but  possession  of  which  has  not  been  taken  over  by  the  State 
Government  or  any  person  duly  authorised  by  the  State  Government  in  this  behalf  or  by  the 
competent authority; and 

  (b) any amount has been paid by the State Government with respect to such land, 

then,  such land  shall  not  be  restored  unless the amount  paid,  if  any,  has been  refunded to the  State 
Government. 

4. **Abatement of legal proceedings.** —All proceedings relating to any order made or purported to 
be made under the principal Act pending immediately before the commencement of this Act, before 
any court, tribunal or other authority shall abate: 

Provided that this section shall not apply to the proceedings relating to section 11, 12, 13 ad 14 of 
the principal Act in so far as such proceedings are relatable to the land, possession of which has been 
taken over by the State Government or any person duly authorised by the State Government in this 
behalf or by the competent authority. 

5. **Repeal and saving.** — (1) The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Ordinance, 1999 
(Ord. 5 of 1999) is hereby repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall 
be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.