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Section 121
The Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, 1996 (1939 A.d.)Jammu and Kashmir

Section 121. Procedure to be followed in Settlement proceedings when question of title arises

If, in the course of the record-of-rights or of revision of the record-of-rights in any local area in pursuance of notification issued under section 22, any question of title arises it will be decided summarily 1[by the Collector of the first class whose decision, subject to such orders as may be passed in appeal by the Divisional Commissioner shall be binding] on the parties till it is set aside by a decree of the Civil Court.

When such a decree is made the record-of-rights shall be corrected, if necessary in accordance therewith, on an application to the 2i9560Collector] within whose jurisdiction the property affected is situate.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.