1. Short title, extent and commencement .―(1) This Act may be called the Delhi Land Holdings
(Ceiling) Act, 1960.
(2)It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Delhi, but shall not apply to ― (a)the areas which, immediately before the 1st day of November, 1956, were included in a
municipality or in a notified area under the provisions of the Punjab Municipal A ct, 1911(Punjab Act
3 of 1911), or in a cantonment under the provisions of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924); (b)the areas 1[owned and held by the Central Government or any State Government] or any local
authority ; 2***
3[(bb) the areas owned and held by any corporation owned or controlled by the Central
Government;]
4[(c) the areas acquired under any law relating to the acquisition of land for a public purpos e; (d)the areas held and occupied, on the appointed day, for the purpose of a goshala or for t he
purpose of breeding, or feeding, or both, of horses, and, in either case, declared as such in the
prescribed manner by the Chief Commissioner:
Provided that, no declaration under this clause shall be made by the Chief Commissioner in
respect of an area held and occupied for the purpose of a goshala unless the goshala has been
established for a charitable purpose without any motive for profit and registered as a society under the
Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) and the entire income from suc h area is utilised for the
purpose of the goshala:
Provided further that, when any area or any part thereof ceases to be held and occupied for the
purpose referred to in this clause any declaration made under this clause, shall cease to have effect
either in whole or in part, as the case may be, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to the whole
or part of such area accordingly; and (e)the areas owned and held by any agricultural co -operat ive land mo rtgage bank, any State or
Central Co -operative Bank or any other bank.