The Government of Karnataka on September 04, 2026, issued the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2026, further to amend the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
The following has been amended, namely:
• It updates several definitions of abet, admissibility of electronic records, certified copy/extract, cheating, and forgery. It also introduces the definition of “valuable security” to cover paper, electronic or other records capable of creating, changing, or extinguishing a legal claim, expressly including sale deeds, land titles, wills, revenue receipts, and documents used to establish claims, rights, or title.
• The amendment further modifies Section 96(4) to include a prescribed officer along with the Deputy Commissioner in proceedings relating to contravention of orders or conditions under Section 95.
• Section 195 is amended to empower the State Government, through a written order and subject to prescribed procedure and conditions, to assign enquiries, investigations, studies or research concerning the Act or rules to subordinate officers, groups of officers or specially constituted committees, including experts or retired judicial members.
• It also amends Section 197(2) to empower prescription of powers and procedures for the identification and prosecution of offences punishable under Section 192-A.
[Notification No. – DPAL 30 SHASANA 2026]
