Section 7, Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948 [S19-HFG]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 18 September 1948.
7. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns.—(1) Every occupier shall maintain such records and registers relating to the occupation of land as may be prescribed and shall preserve them for a period of five years. (2) Every occupier shall furnish to the Collector a return in Form 2 within sixty days from the end of every financial year, and such other information as the Collector may, by order in writing, require.
Defined terms in this text (2)
Collector: Section 2, Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948 [S19HAT] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "Collector" means the Collector of a district, and includes a Deputy Commissioner and any officer specially appointed by the appropriate Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act
Collector: Section 3, General Clauses Act, 1897 [S100SN] (In this Act, and in all Central Acts and Regulations made after the commencement of this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context): (11) "Collector" shall mean, in a Presidency town, the Collector of Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be, and elsewhere the chief officer-in-charge of the revenue-administration of a district;
Collector: 40 more definitions.
land: Section 2, Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948 [S19HAT] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "land" includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth
land: 35 more definitions.
Made under this section, or naming it (0)
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Cited by (3)
Section 17, Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948 [S19-HSS], 18 September 1948, Band A. "section 7".
Section 2, Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act (Amendment) Act, 1972 [S1N-CFG], 1 May 1972, Band A. "section 7 of the Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 1948 (12 of 1948)".
Rule 6, Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act Rules, 1951 [S1B-GV9], 22 November 1951, Band A. "sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Act".
Not held (0)
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Duties published under this section (1)
D10-F4X. Every occupier: Maintain records and registers of the occupation of land; preserve for five years; furnish the annual return in Form 2; thirty days from the end of every financial year; Form 2. Published by Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development (synthetic record).