Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960 (Act No. V of 1960).

This Act, consisting of 35 sections divided into eleven Parts, aims to introduce land reforms in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory covering ownership and tenure of land, and to consolidate and amend the law relating to the grant of proprietary rights to occupancy tenants. The provisions of this Act and any rule or order made thereunder, have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law, or in any order or decree of court or other authority, or in any rule of custom or usage, or any contract, instrument, deed or other document. For carrying out the purposes of this Act, a Commission, to be called the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Commission, shall be constituted. The Act is divided as follows: Constitution of Land Commission & Power to make Rules (Part 2); Restrictions on Ownership and Possession (Part 3); Declaration of Areas, Resumption and Vesting of Excess Land in Government and Compensation Therefore (Part 4); Sale and Utilisation of Resumed Land (Part 5); Abolition of Certain Interests (Part 6); Impartibility and Restrictions on Alienation of Holdings (Part 7); Grant of Proprietary Rights to Occupancy Tenants (Part 8); Miscellaneous (Part 9); Punishment (Part 10); Savings and Repeals (Part 11).