What are section 3 and 5 of AP Land Grabbing Act

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Section 3. Land grabbing to be unlawful:—
Land grabbing in any form is hereby declared unlawful; and any activity connected with or arising out of land grabbing shall be an offence punishable under this Act.

Section 4 . Prohibition of land grabbing:—
(1) No person shall commit or cause to be committed land grabbing.
(2) Any person who, on or after the commencement of this Act, continues to be in occupation, otherwise than as a lawful tenant, of a grabbed land belonging to the Government, local authority, religious or charitable institution or endowment including a wakf, or other private person, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub section (2) shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years, and with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

Section 5. Penalty for other offences in connection with land grabbing:—
Whoever, with a view to grabbing land in contravention of the provisions of this Act or in connection with any such land grabbing-
(a) sells or allots, or offers or advertises for sale or allotment, or has in his possession for the purpose of sale or allotment any land grabbed;
(b) instigates or incites any person to commit land grabbing;
(c) uses any land grabbed or causes or permits knowingly to be used for purposes, connected with sale or allotment; or
(d) causes or procures or attempts to procure any person to do any of the above mentioned acts, shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

Advocate Rajagopalan LawRato