The Government of Karnataka on March 18, 2025, notified the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to further amend the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
The following has been stated-
•In section 2, for sub-section (14-A) the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(14-A). Land locked Government land" means Kharab Government land within a survey number having no egress or ingress by road or by foot or by cart track, not containing any water body or gomala or forest, not assigned for any purpose nor currently in use and not deemed useful for public purpose by the State Government.”
•In section 4, after subsection (4), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(4A). The State Government may name and alter the name of any such area and in any case where any area is renamed, then all references in any law or instrument or other document to the area under its original name shall be deemed to be references to the areas as renamed unless expressly provided otherwise.”
•In section 21, the following shall be inserted at the end, namely:- “Any misuse of seal or use of a fraudulent seal shall be a punishable offence under the Act and any other law in force.”
•In section 23, in sub – section (1), in clause (b) for the words and figures “Chapter VII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898” the words, figures and brackets “Chapter VII of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act 46 of 2023)” shall be substituted.
[LA Bill No. 11 of 2025]
