Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1966 (Act II of 1966).

This Act amends the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Reforms Act, 1960. Amendments deal with section 25 and 35 A.K. Act V of 1960 stating as follows: in sub-section (1), for the figures, letters, words and comma '4th day of September, 1954' the words 'coming into force of this Act' shall be substituted and shall be deemed always to have been so substituted. Amendment of section 35 A.K., after the word 'Act' at the end, the words, figures, letters and comma 'and shall be deemed to have been so repealed on the 4th day of September, 1954' shall be added and shall be deemed always to have been so added. Any occupancy right acquired or created after the 4th day of September, 1954, and before the coming into force of the said Act by any means whatever, the acquisition or creation of which would have been valid but for the operation of section 2 of the Azad Kashmir Grant of Proprietary Rights Act of 1954 and sub-section (1) of section 25 of the said Act, shall be deemed to have been lawfully acquired or created and shall not be invalid, or otherwise inoperative merely on the ground that they were acquired or created in contravention of the provisions of the Azad Kashmir Grant of Proprietary Rights Act of 1954 or the said Act.