The Gujarat Legislative Assembly September 2, 2026, introduced the Gujarat Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Act, 2026, to amend the Gujarat Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947. The Bill was published in the Gujarat Government Gazette on September 2, 2026, and provides that the Amendment Act shall be deemed to have come into force from July 14, 2026.
The amendment empowers the State Government to declare, by notification in the Official Gazette, a standard area for any class of land in any local area. It also provides for the regularisation, without any penalty or premium, of transfers or partitions of land made in contravention of the Act between January 29, 1948, and March 31, 2026, irrespective of whether proceedings are pending. Pending proceedings before a revisional authority must be disposed of in accordance with the regularisation provision, while proceedings pending before an officer at the trial stage will stand abated.
The Amendment Act repeals the Gujarat Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, while preserving actions already taken under the principal Act as amended by that Ordinance. The provided extract identifies the measure as Gujarat Act No. 25 of 2026; it does not establish the date on which the final Act received assent or was separately published as an enacted law.
[Gujarat Act No. 25 of 2026]
