Primary law, Tamil Nadu land law
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 131A, Part IV, Section 1
The Government of Tamil Nadu issued Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 131A on 19 April 2023 to publish four Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly bills for public information. The bills concern repeal of older enactments, amendment of town and country planning law, amendment of fisheries university law, and amendment of shops and establishments law. The document publishes bills, and the supplied text does not establish that they had been enacted or brought into force.
What the Gazette contains
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 131A, issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 19 April 2023, contains four Legislative Assembly bills:
- Legislative Assembly Bill No. 13 of 2023, the Tamil Nadu Repealing (Second) Bill, 2023.
- Legislative Assembly Bill No. 14 of 2023, concerning a third amendment to the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning law.
- Legislative Assembly Bill No. 15 of 2023, amending the Tamil Nadu Fisheries University law.
- Legislative Assembly Bill No. 16 of 2023, amending the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments law.
The supplied text gives detailed provisions only for Legislative Assembly Bill No. 13 of 2023. It gives only the titles and page ranges of the other three bills, so their specific changes cannot be determined from this extract.
Repeal proposal
Legislative Assembly Bill No. 13 of 2023 proposes to repeal enactments listed in its schedule because they have become obsolete, are otherwise no longer in use, or may remain technically in force unless expressly repealed.
The scheduled enactments cover many subjects. Those with possible relevance to land or property include laws concerning cultivating tenants, private electricity supply undertakings, forest law, revenue recovery, land reform and land ceiling, educational institution property, and prevention of activities by slum land grabbers.
Protection for existing rights and actions
Legislative Assembly Bill No. 13 of 2023 contains savings intended to prevent repeal from undoing legal consequences that already arose. In particular, the proposed repeal would not affect:
- The validity or effect of anything already done or suffered.
- Rights, titles, obligations or liabilities already acquired or incurred.
- Existing remedies, proceedings, penalties, claims or guarantees.
- References to a repealed enactment where it has been applied or incorporated in another enactment.
- Established jurisdiction, legal principles, practices, customs, privileges, restrictions, exemptions, offices or appointments.
The proposed repeal also would not revive an enactment, jurisdiction, right, office, custom, privilege, practice or other matter that was no longer in force when the repeal took place.
Relevance to property transactions
A property buyer, owner or professional may need to check Legislative Assembly Bill No. 13 of 2023 where ownership, tenancy, land ceiling, acquisition, forest status or recovery proceedings depend on one of the listed enactments. The savings provisions indicate that repeal alone would not cancel an existing title, liability, remedy, proceeding or completed action.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette prove that the four bills became law?
No. Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 131A describes them as Legislative Assembly bills published for public information. The supplied text does not state that they were enacted or brought into force.
Will the proposed repeal cancel an existing property right or liability?
Legislative Assembly Bill No. 13 of 2023 says repeal would not affect rights, titles, obligations or liabilities already acquired or incurred. It also protects existing remedies, proceedings and completed actions.
Does the Gazette explain the changes to town and country planning law?
The supplied extract identifies Legislative Assembly Bill No. 14 of 2023 as a town and country planning amendment bill, but it does not provide the bill's detailed provisions.
Would repealing an old law bring back an earlier law or right?
No. Legislative Assembly Bill No. 13 of 2023 says repeal would not revive an enactment, jurisdiction, right, office, custom, privilege or other matter that was no longer in force.
