Section 70
Presumption as to payment by tenant and application of such payment.
The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950
About this Act
An Act to declare and amend the law relating to agricultural tenancies, record-of-rights and certain other matters in Ajmer.
If a tenant makes a
payment to his landholder, the payment shall, in the absence of a direction to the contrary, be deemed to
have been made on account of rent, and shall be credited to any year, instalment or holding, specified by
the tenant:
Provided that no such payment shall be applied to the discharge of an arrear of rent which has been outstanding for more than two years at the date of such payment.
Provided that no such payment shall be applied to the discharge of an arrear of rent which has been outstanding for more than two years at the date of such payment.