Section 14D of The West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 — Transfer in contravention of Chapter IIA shall not be valid unless registered
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- (1)No transfer of any land or any interest in such land by a raiyat belonging to a Scheduled Tribe shall be valid unless made by a registered instrument.
- (2)Notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration Act, 1908 or in any other law for the time being in force, no instrument of transfer or dealing with land or interest in such land by a raiyat belonging to the Scheduled Tribe made in contravention of the provisions of this Chapter shall be recognised as valid by any court, officer or authority exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction and no registering officer shall register any such instrument unless he is satisfied that the instrument does not contravene any of the provisions of this Chapter.
- (3)If, in course of registration of any instrument referred to in sub-section
- (2)or in any proceeding relating to the registration of such instrument or in any proceeding before any civil, criminal or revenue court, any question arises as to whether the raiyat executing such instrument belongs to the Scheduled Tribe or as to whether such instrument has been made in contravention of the provisions of this Chapter, the registering officer or other officer or authority exercising powers under the Registration Act 1908 or the civil, criminal or revenue court before whom such question arises, shall refer such question to the Revenue Officer referred to in section 14C and shall give effect to the decision of the Revenue Officer.