Section 63
Landlord’s right to recover rents determined at settlement as payable by ordinary tenants.
The Central Provinces Tenancy Act, 1898
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Agricultural Tenancies in the Central Provinces.
(1) A Settlement-officer shall, unless the Local Government otherwise directs, fix the rents payable by the
ordinary tenants of a mahal other than ordinary tenants whose holdings consist entirely of sir-land, and,
on and from the date on which the land-revenue assessment takes effect, the landlord shall be entitled to
recover only the rents so fixed.
(2) The rents fixed under sub-section (1) shall be recorded in the proceedings of the Settlement-officer, and a copy of the record shall be granted free of expense to the landlord.
(3) When by reason of the receipt by the land-lord of any consideration, whether in money or otherwise, a tenant is holding at a rent lower than that fixed by the Settlement-officer under sub-section (1), the Settlement-officer may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, declare him to be entitled to hold at such lower rent,--
(a) if the term is fixed by contract, for the term so fixed or for any shorter period ;
(b) in other cases, for such term as the Settlement-officer, having regard to the circumstances, fixed as fair and equitable ;
and the term for which the tenant is declared to be so entitled shall be entered in the record made under sub-section (2) :
Provided that in no case shall the tenant be entitled to hold at such lower rent for a period longer than that for which the settlement is being made, and, at the expiry of the settlement, he shall not be entitled to a continuance of the privilege.
(2) The rents fixed under sub-section (1) shall be recorded in the proceedings of the Settlement-officer, and a copy of the record shall be granted free of expense to the landlord.
(3) When by reason of the receipt by the land-lord of any consideration, whether in money or otherwise, a tenant is holding at a rent lower than that fixed by the Settlement-officer under sub-section (1), the Settlement-officer may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, declare him to be entitled to hold at such lower rent,--
(a) if the term is fixed by contract, for the term so fixed or for any shorter period ;
(b) in other cases, for such term as the Settlement-officer, having regard to the circumstances, fixed as fair and equitable ;
and the term for which the tenant is declared to be so entitled shall be entered in the record made under sub-section (2) :
Provided that in no case shall the tenant be entitled to hold at such lower rent for a period longer than that for which the settlement is being made, and, at the expiry of the settlement, he shall not be entitled to a continuance of the privilege.