Section 9
Provisions Relating To Land Owned In Any Other Name
(1) If any person or his/her family has, with the intention of possessing by him/herself, transferred his land or otherwise conveyed his/her title thereto to another person or if any person obtains any land in the name of another person by any means and possesses such land on his/her own directly or indirectly, Section 7 shall apply as if such land were also owned by him/herself.
(2) If any landowner submits an inventory required to be submitted pursuant to Section 13 as to the land as referred to in Sub-section (1) within the time limit set forth in that Section, the land shall be fixed in his name and action shall be taken according to this Act.
(3) If any landowner does not submit an inventory required to be submitted pursuant to Section 13 as to the land as referred to in Subsection (1) within the time limit set forth in that Section and the person in whose name the land stands registered submits an inventory pursuant to Section 13, setting out that despite the registration of the land in his name, its real landowner is someone else and thereby showing the real owner thereof, all the rights of that landowner shall be extinguished; and the right of the registration holder shall be fixed over such land and action shall be taken according to this Act. (4)16 If a landowner or a registration holder does not submit an inventory pursuant to Sub-section (2) or Sub-section (3), as the case may be, and the matter is known from any other person, such land shall be confiscated by order of the prescribed authority and devolve on Government of Nepal. (5)17 …………. (6)18 If an appeal is not filed within the time limit set forth in Section 55 and the confiscation order made by the prescribed authority then becomes final, a prize in a sum equivalent to Ten percent of such value of the confiscated land as to be set as prescribed shall be given to the informant.
(2) If any landowner submits an inventory required to be submitted pursuant to Section 13 as to the land as referred to in Sub-section (1) within the time limit set forth in that Section, the land shall be fixed in his name and action shall be taken according to this Act.
(3) If any landowner does not submit an inventory required to be submitted pursuant to Section 13 as to the land as referred to in Subsection (1) within the time limit set forth in that Section and the person in whose name the land stands registered submits an inventory pursuant to Section 13, setting out that despite the registration of the land in his name, its real landowner is someone else and thereby showing the real owner thereof, all the rights of that landowner shall be extinguished; and the right of the registration holder shall be fixed over such land and action shall be taken according to this Act. (4)16 If a landowner or a registration holder does not submit an inventory pursuant to Sub-section (2) or Sub-section (3), as the case may be, and the matter is known from any other person, such land shall be confiscated by order of the prescribed authority and devolve on Government of Nepal. (5)17 …………. (6)18 If an appeal is not filed within the time limit set forth in Section 55 and the confiscation order made by the prescribed authority then becomes final, a prize in a sum equivalent to Ten percent of such value of the confiscated land as to be set as prescribed shall be given to the informant.