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Section 136
The Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, 1996 (1939 A.d.)Jammu and Kashmir

Section 136. Restriction on Revenue Officers bidding at auction or trading

(1) 1[An officer of the Revenue Department] or a person employed in a Revenue office or patwari or kanungo shall not––

(a) purchase or bid for, either in person or by agent, in his own name or that of another, or jointly or in shares with others, any property situated within his jurisdiction which any Revenue officer or Revenue Court has ordered to be sold, or

(b) in contravention of any rules made by the Government in this behalf, engage in trade.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to preclude any person from becoming a member of a company incorporated under the Companies Act or any law in force in the 2[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] regarding the incorporation of companies.

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.