Section 4: Exclusion of certain land from operation of Act

(1) Except so far as may be necessary for the record, recovery and administration of viIlage-cesses, nothing in this Act applies to land which is occupied as the site of a town or village and is not assessed to land-revenue.

(2) A Revenue-officer may define for the purposes of this Act the limits of any such land.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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