Land Act, 1931

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Amendment of lists of holdings.

25.—(1) Lists of congested districts holdings and lists of holdings on untenanted land may be amended by the Land Commission with the consent of all the parties concerned or, subject to the provisions of this section, without such consent.

(2) Where the Land Commission propose to amend a list of congested districts holdings or a list of holdings on untenanted land otherwise than on consent of the parties, the Land Commission shall serve in the prescribed manner on all the parties concerned notice of the proposal to make such amendment and shall afford to all such parties an opportunity to object to such proposed amendment.

(3) Every objection duly made to a proposed amendment of a list of congested districts holdings or a list of holdings on untenanted land shall be considered and decided by the Land Commissioners other than the Judicial Commissioner and there shall be a right of appeal to the Judicial Commissioner from the decision of the other Land Commissioners on any such objection and the decision of the Judicial Commissioner on any such appeal shall be final, save that an appeal shall lie on questions of law only from such decision of the Judicial Commissioner to the Supreme Court.